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Not Just a Religious Thing: Why Nonbelievers Should Oppose the “Contraceptive Mandate”

Not Just a Religious Thing: Why Nonbelievers Should Oppose the “Contraceptive Mandate”

February 21, 2013 at 9:00 am 10 comments

by Evan Bernick  Why should anyone who doesn’t have a religious objection to the Affordable Care Act’s “contraceptive mandate” care about it one way or the other? As a legal fellow with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, I’ve spent the last few months defending religious employers against the government’s efforts to impose [...]

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Sandra Fluke, Free Exercise, and the Contraception/Abortion Mandate

Sandra Fluke, Free Exercise, and the Contraception/Abortion Mandate

September 20, 2012 at 9:30 am 0 comments

by Adam Freedman No speaker at the recent Democratic National Convention – with the possible exception of Bill Clinton – generated more buzz than Sandra Fluke.  Fluke, of course, is the former law student who made headlines when she testified in Congress in favor of a then-proposed rule that would [...]

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The HHS Mandate’s Other Victims – The Needy

The HHS Mandate’s Other Victims – The Needy

September 20, 2012 at 9:00 am 0 comments

by Casey Mattox The Obama Administration’s mandate that religious employers provide contraception, abortifacients and sterilization for their employees is a monumental attack on religious liberty: never before has our government chosen to force American citizens to violate their consciences so directly. Yet while Alliance Defending Freedom successfully makes the case [...]

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