The Los Angeles Times ran an article a couple of days ago about Hobby Lobby and its fight to not be forced to include the so-called morning after pill in the health insurance coverage for its workers. The article, entitled “Hobby Lobby, defying heath law, refuses to cover moring-after pill,” notes that Hobby Lobby and another company, Mardel Inc., are owned by a Christian family that is opposed to providing coverage for the abortion-inducing morning-after pill. Within just the past few days, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor refused to issue an injuction that would have blocked the Obamacare mandate that employers make available the morning-after pill to its employees as part of its health insurance coverage. Although the Supreme Court has thus far refused to side with Hobby Lobby in its fight to stand for the Christian principles of its owners, it appears that Hobby Lobby is willing to bear the legal consequences for refusing to comply with the Obamacare mandate. Its attorney has indicated that Hobby Lobby will not abide by the mandate, possibly subjecting it and Mardel Inc. to fines of over a $1 million per day, starting as early as today. Religious freedom and Obamacare’s insurance law mandate are on a collision course that very well may result in another Obamacare Supreme Court showdown-Obamacare Part II. This time, instead of the individual mandate vs. the commerce clause, it would be the contraceptive mandate vs. religious freedom. There will be much more in the days ahead about this case. Stay tuned.
