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In an effort to stop the HHS Mandate that would compel Catholic employers to violate Church teaching on matters of life and conscience, 91快活林 Aquinas College has filed a calling on the Obama Administration to rescind the directive.

The appeal technically comes in the form of an official 渃omment,� as sought by the  Department of Health and Human Services, in response to the Administration檚 supposed 渁ccommodation� to the mandate. The College has joined 19 other Catholic institutions in signing onto the lengthy legal document, prepared by the . The College had previously filed a similar objection last fall when the HHS first announced the mandate.

This newest comment urges HHS to exempt �all stakeholders with a religious or moral objection to being forced by the federal government to provide, offer, pay for or in any way participate in a health insurance plan that covers 榗ontraceptives� (including abortifacients as well as non-abortifacient mechanisms of action), sterilization, and related education and counseling.�

In addition to filing these formal remarks, in May the College published an open letter to President Obama � signed by members of the Board of Governors and faculty � urging that the mandate be dropped.

 

Posted: June 1, 2012