US court: ‘Pro-life churches do not have to fund abortions’

 Posted at The Christian Institute:

California cannot require churches which believe in the sanctity of life to provide health insurance cover for abortions, a federal court has ruled.

District Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller declared that it was unconstitutional for the State to deny churches an exemption on the grounds of religious belief from ‘elective abortion coverage’ for their employees.

The case was brought by three churches which all believe that human life “is sacred and worthy of protection from conception”.

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