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The Costly Exercise of Religion
Anonymous. 2014.  Answers 9(3):12. CELD ID 25859

Abstract
In June, a ruling was expected from the U.S. Supreme Court on the cases of Conestoga Wood Specialties and Hobby Lobby. The cases are about whether Obamacare's HHS Abortion Pill Mandate can require Christian employers to provide abortion pills even though these businesses object to paying for the life-ending drugs. If the companies' owners abide by their religious beliefs and refuse to pay for the drugs, the government uses devastating fines to punish them-$100 per employee per day-which would put most companies out of business. No one is denied access to the abortion pills; the issue is whether the government can force someone else to pay for them.