Hercules Rises!… First Plaintiff Beats Obama HHS-Abortion Mandate in Court
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, July 27, 2012, 4:26 PM
Hercules Rises–
The owners of Hercules Industries — from left to right, James Newland, Paul Newland, William Newland, Andrew Newland — won an injunction to stop the Obama administration’s health care mandate that requires employers provide coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization and contraception — a requirement they say violates their Catholic beliefs. (Courtesy: ADFMedia.org)
A federal court issued an order today that halts enforcement of Obamacare’s abortion pill mandate against Hercules Industries, a Colorado family-owned business.
Life News reported:
A federal court issued an order Friday that halts enforcement of the Obama administration’s abortion pill mandate against a Colorado family-owned business while an Alliance Defending Freedom lawsuit challenging the mandate continues in court.
The mandate has generated massive opposition from pro-life groups because it forces employers, regardless of their religious or moral convictions, to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraception under threat of heavy penalties.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys obtained the first-ever order against the mandate on behalf of Hercules Industries and the Catholic family that owns it. The administration opposed the order, arguing, contrary to the U.S. Constitution, that people of faith forfeit their religious liberty once they engage in business.
The decision only applies to the company, and the court emphasized the ruling did not apply nationwide.
Since Hercules Industries would be required to begin offering the new coverage when its self-insured plan renews on November 1, Alliance Defending Freedom has requested a preliminary injunction that could prevent the government from enforcing the mandate against the company by August 1, the date when the company would need to begin the process of making changes to its plan.
As is the case with many religious groups or employers, the mandate could subject the Newlands to millions of dollars in fines per year if they don’t abide by its requirements.
“Every American, including family business owners, should be free to live and do business according to their faith. For the time being, Hercules Industries will be able to do just that,” said ADF Legal Counsel Matt Bowman after the decision.
Bowman added, “The cost of freedom for this family could be millions of dollars per year in fines that will cripple their business if the Obama administration ultimately has its way. This lawsuit seeks to ensure that Washington bureaucrats cannot force families to abandon their faith just to earn a living. Americans don’t want politicians and bureaucrats deciding what faith is, who the faithful are, and where and how that faith may be lived out.”
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RL commented:
Does this mean a couple of Supreme Court baboons will have to overturn?
ab01 commented:
Hopefully, the start of many defeats for this criminal administration.
Joe College commented:
I like that it is a family business, brothers and a father. They will stand together and not be intimidated when the goons come.
Patty commented:
When an individual works in earnest to hide facts, lies, cheats the people of this nation, takes our liberties for granted and then under the cover of close doors, hiding the truth from those he serves, for one end.
There will be a Hercules rising. And that face will be the people of this nation who have literally looked the devil in the eye and are so fed up with what is happening that more will mustard up their courage, too.
I sure hope soon.
kaved in drumhead commented:
The decision only applies to the company, and the court emphasized the ruling did not apply nationwide.
Oh, like Roe V Wade was only about Ms. “Roe” , not applicable nation-wide, right?
MicahStone commented:
And the bad news – this will likely be appealed all the way to SCOTUS, where traitor, fool, OBOZO tool and socialist media puppet Roberts will have another chance to shaft the Constitution and all Americans.
Opaobie commented:
No government contracts. Constant IRS audits. Constant visits by OSHA and EPA and every XYZ bureaucracy the statists can throw at them. Fines for anything the “regulators” and “inspectors” can think of. Union organizers and thugs harassing them. You name it, they will be subjected to it. The ObamaGestapo does not accept defeat….EVER.
ar05075 commented:
mmm mmm mmm……..Bacrock isn’t going to like this.
Redwine commented:
Bravo! Well done, Newland family!!!
Stand strong in the face of the coming goon squad harassment and intimidation!
Flintstone F. commented:
Great company.
It needs to be (tin) hammered into Romney’s agenda for creating jobs that the most effective and immediate way to do that is to repeal Obamacare.
He said it would be priority one on the first day.
You want to create jobs and grow the economy? Repeal Obamacare.
You want to respect your fellow American? Stop listening to crybaby props with affluent parents pandering to a need for contraception because it’s so expensive (waaa).
You want to respect the constitution? Stop the fed. from micro-managing our communities, repeal Obama.
katy commented:
Key words….contrary to the Constitution….
So do our overlords expect us to give up our right to work and feed our families should we decide to..oh…say…GET A JOB!?
bg commented:
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Freddy commented:
It will be interesting when we see the first case where there is a ruling against religous freedom.
bg commented:
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Freddy #16 July 27, 2012 at 6:15 pm
religion is a one way street (#39)
[In fact, Franks repeated the question four times: “Will you tell us here
today simply that this administration’s Department of Justice will never
entertain or advance a proposal that criminalizes speech against any
religion.”]
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charles commented:
I hope these four guys spoke out against the ongoing and shameful child abuse scandal in the Catholic Church too. Or did that not offend their Catholic beliefs?
Monkey Wrench commented:
This case isn’t going anywhere meaningful. Business owners are not permitted to decide which laws and regulations they will follow. This individual business may get an exception. It just depends on whether they are completely family run and if they do business with the general public.
Should a Muslim owned company be allowed to discriminate against women, because the owners believe their religion does not allow women to be a boss over men? Can Muslim owned businesses discriminate against Jews? Of course not.
Imagine if business owners are allowed to ignore any law simply by saying, “I think that law conflicts with my religious beliefs”. Forget business owners. Maybe we can all decide for ourselves which laws to follow. Then when we get to court we can just say, “Sorry Judge, but I believe that my religion says I’m allowed to hit my wife.” Or, “My religion says an eye for an eye.”
bg commented:
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charles #18 July 27, 2012 at 7:18 pm
hah, i’m still waiting for the HOLLYWOOD (#49) on the hill sign to be
torn down in disgrace, and according to the “it’s in the Koran Islamist”
religiously rampant pedophilia, not to mention the RICH mans bacha
bazi boy homosexual slave dance festivals to be exposed!!
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