Abortion coverage mandate doesn't harm churches, Washington state tells baffled appeals court

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Washington state officials claim its no-exception abortion coverage mandate in health plans does not necessarily require health plans to include abortion coverage

 

This baffled a federal appeals judge at oral argument Friday, characterizing officials as saying "our fingerprints aren't on the murder weapon."

Seattle-area Cedar Park Assembly of God is challenging SB 6219, which requires health plans that cover maternity care to also provide "substantially equivalent coverage to permit the abortion of a pregnancy." It took effect with health plans issued or renewed after Jan. 1, 2019.

The law goes further than the federal Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, offering no religious or moral exemptions even for churches that believe abortion is murder. The Supreme Court upheld religious and moral exemptions for religious nonprofits under the ACA last year.

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1 hour ago, Geee said:

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Washington state officials claim its no-exception abortion coverage mandate in health plans does not necessarily require health plans to include abortion coverage

 

 

Seattle-area Cedar Park Assembly of God is challenging SB 6219, which requires health plans that cover maternity care to also provide "substantially equivalent coverage to permit the abortion of a pregnancy." It took effect with health plans issued or renewed after Jan. 1, 2019.

 

 

  The judge is not the only one more than a little baffled.