Alito steps into ACA contraception case
Source: Modern Healthcare
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito signed an order Wednesday temporarily granting relief to a handful of Pennsylvania religious organizations from a lower court's decision that they must notify insurers of their intention not to provide birth control to employees, or face fines under the Affordable Care Act.
The order stays a ruling of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that would require the organizations to fill out a form explaining to insurers that they will not provide contraceptive coverage to their employees. Filling out the form would allow the government to work with insurers to provide that coverage to employees instead. The parties involved in the lawsuit include Geneva College, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and David Zubik, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
The organizations had argued that filling out the form violated their religious beliefs because it compelled them to help employees get contraceptive coverage. The 3rd Circuit, however, ruled that the form places no substantial burden on the religious organizations to do so.
Read more: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150416/NEWS/150419912/alito-steps-into-aca-contraception-case
Novara
(5,841 posts)Filling out a fucking form isn't a substantial burden. Forcing your fucking backwards beliefs on your female employees is, you fucking cretins.
I am so sick of this shit.
d_legendary1
(2,586 posts)and this is the end result of such a ruling.
okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)They've been supporting the GOP waiting for a group like the fascist five so they could overturn some of SCOTUS' earlier rulings.
3catwoman3
(23,974 posts)...sooooooooooooooo arduous. What a load of BS.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)HockeyMom
(14,337 posts)They can be fired for using them if the school finds out. That is why they don't want the government to give insurance for them, even if their employer health insurance isn't paying for contraceptives. Their staff is being "immoral". Do you think IVF treatments are in their plans either?
Who is surprised that Scalia, Opus Dei, supports this?
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)Which is exactly what will happen if the 45th President of the United States is a REPUBLICAN...
WE NEED TO STOP THE POLITICAL SMEARS & INFIGHTING IN OUR OWN PARTY & REMEMBER WHO THE ENEMY TRULY IS...
As Democrats we can disagree on issues, Candidates, etc without being disagreeable. Surely there's a way we can express support for the Candidates we support without tearing other Candidates down because that's exactly what the Republicans are counting on...
lark
(23,097 posts)he seems totally incapable of ever reaching the right decision. He's an ideogogue and misogynist
UpInArms
(51,282 posts)ya freak