Today the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear oral argument in the Little Sisters of the Poor’s challenge to the Obamacare abortion-inducing drug mandate “accommodation.”
The case, made famous by Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s midnight injunction almost one year ago, challenges an “accommodation” the Obama administration has offered to religious non-profit organizations allowing them to avoid directly providing or paying for healthcare coverage of potentially life-ending drugs and devices. Under the so-called accommodation, these employers must notify the Department of Health and Human Services of their objection, and this initiates the process of providing the mandated coverage to employees.
The Little Sisters of the Poor provide free and compassionate care to over 13,000 poor elderly people around the world, and they argue that complying with the accommodation would violate the very faith that motivates them to serve.
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