Court: Notre Dame must adhere to ObamaCare birth control mandate (goes to Supremes)

The University of Notre Dame must provide birth control to employees and students after a federal appeals court ruled Friday, a move the school says will force it to violate its religious beliefs.

In a blow to religious colleges and universities across the country, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago denied Notre Dame's request for an injunction to the ObamaCare birth control mandate that requires the school to provide coverage for contraception.

The injunction would have given Notre Dame a temporary reprieve from the birth control mandate, as the Roman Catholic school challenges the rule in court. But the appeals court ruled 2-1 that the school will have to comply with the rule, even before it hears the court's final decision.

The court found Notre Dame "has not yet shown that there is a substantial burden" in complying with the birth control mandate.

"If the government is entitled to require that female contraceptives be provided to women free of charge, we have trouble understanding how signing the form that declares Notre Dame's authorized refusal to pay for contraceptives for its students or staff, and mailing the authorization document to those (insurance) companies, which under federal law are obligated to pick up the tab, could be thought to 'trigger' the provision of female contraceptives," Judge Richard Posner wrote in the majority opinion of the court.

"Notre Dame tells us that Catholic doctrine prohibits the actions that the government requires it to take," Flaum wrote. "So long as that belief is sincerely held, I believe we should defer to Notre Dame's understanding."

This comes after the Obama administration extended an olive branch to religious institutions. President Obama offered a compromise so that religious groups could let their insurance providers handle the birth control provisions. But Notre Dame and a handful of other religious schools argue this is inadequate because they would still be complicit in providing contraception coverage.

Notre Dame brought the lawsuit against the Department of Health & Human Services, which is administering many of the ObamaCare rules, including the birth control mandate.

The birth control mandate has been challenged by a number of religious universities and businesses. Two religious business owners will argue against the rule before the Supreme Court next month.

Remember this?

Obama Signs Executive Order on Abortion Today

March 24, 2010
By JAKE TAPPER and HUMA KHAN via

President Obama today signed an executive order banning federal funding for abortion, as he had promised to anti-abortion Democrats. But even though the health care bill is signed, sealed and delivered, Republicans across the country are plotting a strategy to repeal it by challenging the law's constitutionality in court.

The executive order is intended to ensure that current law limiting federal funding for abortion is maintained and it will extend the restrictions to the newly created health insurance exchanges. Under the current law, federal funds cannot go toward abortion except in cases of rape, incest and when the life of the pregnant woman is at risk.

Unlike yesterday's bill-signing celebrations in the East Room and the Department of the Interior, the president signed this executive action behind closed doors, with nary a camera present and no reporters allowed.

Bart Stupidpak fell on the sword for his party's clown and what was his reward?

From the great fountain of all knowledge - Wikipedia

In March 2010, President Obama and Stupak reached an understanding whereby the President promised to sign an Executive Order barring federal funding of abortion through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,[17] and Stupak and several of his allies promised to withdraw their opposition to the bill.[18] The Pro-life movement accused Stupak of betraying the pro-life movement,[19][20] and the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List revoked an award it had planned to give to him and instead ran $150,000 worth of radio advertisements against him.[19][21] Stupak was targeted by the Tea Party movement in the wake of his compromise.[22] In April 2010, Stupak announced his intention to retire from Congress,[23] leading conservative groups to point to the political consequences of his compromise as a possible reason for his decision.[21][22] However, Stupak himself attributed his retirement to the exertion of constant travel back and forth from Washington, D.C.[24]

Anyone buy into that crap about Supidpak being sooo Stupid that he thought an EO could override legislation? Oh that's right look around today Feb 2014 and see that the clown's 27 EOs have trumped his own Obamacare legislation. So I guess that proves to all those Constitutional Scholars that Executive Order are at the top of the food chain. We are learning something new everyday under this regime.

Rant off.

Why do stupid people still look to the courts to right a wrong? Ain’t gonna happen. Not now. Not ever. ot since Roberts sealed the deal with Elmer Fudd.

Once we were a nation of laws. Today we are a renegade nation where justice goes to the highest bidder.

Saint Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle;
be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray:
and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits
who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen

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