Catholic Charities Must Provide Contraception

Catholic Charities Must Provide Contraception

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But the Supreme Court ruled that the charity is not a religious employer because it offers such secular services as counseling, low-income housing and immigration services to people of all faiths, without directly preaching Catholic values.

In fact, Justice Kathryn Werdegar wrote that a 'significant majority' of the people served by the charity are not Catholic. The court also noted that the charity employs workers of differing religions.

The California Catholic Conference (search), which represents the church's policy position in the state, said it was disappointed with the ruling and feared that it could open the door to mandated insurance coverage of abortion.

'It shows no respect to our religious organizations,' said spokeswoman Carol Hogan.

The American Civil Liberties Union applauded the ruling and called it 'a great victory for California women and reproductive freedom.'

Actually, Mr. or Mrs. ACLU, what you have just done is deny health coverage to the employees of this and other charities. I can all but guarantee you that, if this ruling stands and if the charity continues to be a Catholic-based group, it will simply pay it's employees more and deny them health insurance as a benefit.

IOW - all the women that work for this and similar charities will be forced to buy independent health insurance at much higher rates since their employer will no longer pay for it.