Missouri college challenges federal health care law [View all]
Source: STL Post Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri’s College of the Ozarks has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that would require its employee health plan to cover abortion services and certain types of contraception, including the morning-after pill.
Leaders of the Presbyterian liberal arts college located near Branson say the mandate violates the school’s institutional religious beliefs.
“The mandate chills the college's religious exercise by exposing the college to substantial fines for its religious beliefs and exercise of those beliefs,” the lawsuit states. “The mandate's required provision of insurance coverage for education and counseling concerning elective abortions and abortifacient drugs compels the college to speak in a manner contrary to its religious beliefs.”
The college is seeking an order that will protect it from enforcement of the requirement, as well as court costs.
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