Friday, November 1, 2013

Right-wing judge guts Obamacare contraception rule

It's another Taliban moment in the federal judiciary!

Today - in the latest of several right-wing activist rulings in recent days generated by federal courts - the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals gutted the Affordable Care Act's requirement that businesses provide health insurance covering contraception.

The court's excuse would be laughable if this wasn't such a serious matter. They said the contraception rule trampled religious freedom. Huh? If anything, the businesses were trampling religious freedom by not covering contraception. They were forcing their religion on employees.

Congress needs to impeach the judges responsible for this ruling - for they put personal beliefs ahead of the safeguards of the Constitution. But since I don't expect that to happen, the Obama administration needs to ignore their ruling and continue to enforce the contraception guidelines - even if it requires deploying the Army to enforce it.

(Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/court-battles/188983-appeals-court-rules-against-birth-control-mandate)

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