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April 13, 2016
Judge refuses ACLU demand to force Catholic hospitals to perform abortions
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) took one on the chin Monday when a federal district judge dismissed a lawsuit against a multi-state Catholic-run health care chain.
Score another win for religious liberty, not to mention unborn children.
The ACLU sued Michigan-based Trinity Health Corporation last July for not making abortion available for women who use their facilities for live births.
The complaint is part of the ACLU’s nationwide campaign to use the courts to force Catholic and other faith-run facilities to violate their beliefs. In this effort, they’re allied with the Obama administration, which has attempted through Obamacare to force the Little Sisters of the Poor and other faith-based groups, along with Christian-owned companies like Hobby Lobby, to provide abortifacients.
Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Hobby Lobby and other businesses with religious objections could opt out of a federal contraceptive mandate.
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