California to Defy Trump Admin, and Keep Forcing Churches to Fund Abortions

Calvin Freiburger : Feb 25, 2020
LifeSiteNews.com

"The state's actions are cold and cruel. I urge California Gov. Gavin Newsom to comply with the Trump administration's notice and stop forcing pro-life Americans to choose between personal beliefs and health care." -House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

[LifeSiteNews.com] California officials will not heed the Trump administration's warnings that the state is in defiance of federal religious liberty protections, announcing Friday that they intend to continue a policy of forcing private employers to subsidize abortion, even churches. (Image: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra /via LifeSiteNews)

Back in 2014, California enacted rules forcing all employers to fund health insurance plans that coverd elective abortions on the theory they are a "medically necessary" part of "basic health care," regardless of religious- or conscience-based objections. The state has been embroiled in lawsuits over the policy ever since.

Last month, the Trump Health and Human Services (HHS) Department's Office for Civil Rights issued a Notice of Violation to the state, declaring that California was in violation of the federal Weldon amendment, which forbids federal assistance to states or localities that discriminatee against "any institutional or individual healthcare entity" on the basis "that the healthcare entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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