Federal Court Delivers the Coup de Gras to Contraception Mandate

Victory for Religous Freedom!

This is a tremendous win.

The first freedom in the Bill of Rights is the First Amendment right to Freedom of Religion.

The court has rightly ruled that employers should not be forced to violate their beliefs and cover morally problematic elective and often low-cost choices that individuals may wish to make.

On Wednesday, however, Judge David Russell of the United States District Court For Western Oklahoma flushed the last of these dead-enders out of their caves and forced them lay down their briefcases.

Judge Russell permanently enjoined the federal government from enforcing the mandate against the Catholic Benefits Association (CBA) and issued a declarative judgment to the effect that the mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

Judge Russell’s ruling also rescinds nearly $6.9 billion in federal fines that have accrued against CBA members since Obamacare was enacted in 2014.

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