If you've been to the national Right To Life march in DC, you've probably noticed the good Franciscans of Steubenville kneeling in prayer in front of the Supreme Court.
From The Lookout at Yahoo! News:
Catholic college to drop health care coverage over contraception mandate
The Franciscan University of Steubenville, a small Catholic college in Ohio, announced Tuesday that it will drop coverage for students entirely rather than "violate the consistent teachings of the Catholic Church on the sacredness of human life," Reuters reported. The change will affect 200 out of the school's 2,500 students, although with its overwhelmingly Catholic student body—the university has been called "The Most Catholic University in the World"—the Franciscan University would likely fall into the category of exempt employers. Some other Catholic and evangelical schools are suing over the mandate and have threatened to drop health coverage. (It's possible that the Supreme Court will announce next month that it has struck down the health care law altogether, which would make such suits unnecessary.)
Most
employer insurance plans will have to start covering birth control this
August, but religiously affiliated employers will have another year
before they must come into compliance. The bishops want the government
to either rescind the mandate altogether or add a clause that allows any
employer to opt out if he or she has moral or religious qualms.
President Obama said in February that he respected religious freedom but
that all women should have access to affordable birth control, no
matter their employers' religious beliefs.
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