Respect for Rights of Conscience Act of 2011

With new regulations put in place by PPACA (which HSLDA opposed), most health insurance plans in the United States will have to provide the full range of birth control drugs by August of next year. The birth control drugs include abortion-inducing drugs like controversial “Ella” and “morning after pill.” The religious exemption put in place by President Obama is so extremely narrow that only churches or other houses of worship will be able to refuse to participate in plans offering these drugs without facing a penalty. We believe that it should be broadened to not only include houses of worship, but also religious organizations, religious colleges, and employer-funded private health insurance plans if the employer has a conscientious objection to using corporate funds to pay for birth control or abortion-inducing drugs.