The holiday season saw a rash of rulings on lawsuits challenging the controversial birth control mandate that will not give the government much to cheer about.
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Washington Officials behind Decision to Charge Catholic College with Discrimination
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The president of a Catholic college being sued for denying abortion, contraception and sterilization coverage to its staff says the case was originally dismissed by the local office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) but later reversed when it was referred to the nation’s capital.
Government To Force Catholic College to Defy Church Teaching
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that a small Catholic college must include coverage for artificial contraceptives in its employee health insurance plan, raising new concerns about the need for conscience protections and religious exemptions in America’s health care policies.
