AP: (NY) Court: Groups must offer contraceptives

[Eugene]

Court: Groups must offer contraceptives

By Michael Gormley, Associated Press Writer | October 19, 2006

ALBANY, N.Y. --New York's highest court ruled Thursday that social service
agencies run by the Roman Catholic Church and other faiths must provide
birth-control coverage to their employees, even if they consider contraception
a sin.

The 6-0 decision by the Court of Appeals hinged on whether Catholic Charities
and the nine other groups are essentially social service agencies, not churches.

At issue was a 2002 state law that requires employers to provide health insurance
coverage for mammograms, bone density screening and other preventive services
for women, including prescription contraceptives. The law exempts churches,
seminaries and other institutions with a mainly religious mission.

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The New York Catholic Conference said it may appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Full article: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/10/19/court_requires_birth_control_coverage

[Demeter]

1. This Must Be the End of the World!

6-0 is rather definitive!

[Ian David]

2. If they take the government's money, they must play by government's rules

If they don't like it, they should just sell one of the Vatican's fancy paintings, and fund themselves.

[TheDebbieDee]

3. I agree.........

The Roman Catholic Church (actually, all of the large churches) has billions, maybe even hundreds of billions of dollars of assets worldwide.

If they can find the money to hush up the children that were sexually abused by priests, then they can find money to provide social services in accordance with their own rules!

[hlthe2b]

4. YES!!!!!!!!!!

About damned time...