Trump Admin Expands Exemptions for Religious Groups Opposed to Obamacare Abortion Pill Mandate

By Heather Clark - Posted at Christian News Network:

WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued “interim final rules” that would expand protections for religious employers who are opposed to the contraceptive mandate in Obamacare, also known as the “abortion pill mandate.”

“Upon further examination of the relevant provisions of the Affordable Care Act and the administrative record on which the mandate was based, the departments have concluded that the application of the mandate to entities with sincerely-held religious objections to it does not serve a compelling governmental interest,” the document reads.

It provides numerous reasons as to why the government believes that religious organizations should be granted relief from the requirement, including that many religious employers that had challenged the mandate are not opposed to all contraceptives, but only those that are considered to be potential abortifacients.

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See also:

• New rules grant conscience win over abortion mandate (Baptist Press)
• Trump Administration Takes Steps to Protect Religious Liberty (Caffeinated Thoughts)