Americans United for Life Demands Real First Amendment Protections as HHS releases "Phony Compromise" Regulations in Obamacare

"The Obama Administration is trying to gerrymander the regulations but continues to leave most Americans without their Constitutional freedoms," said AUL's Dr. Charmaine Yoest.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "With another phony compromise, the Obama Administration continues to insult the intelligence of the American people and trample our Constitutionally-guaranteed rights," said AUL's President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest, as the Health and Human Services Department released additional regulations for Obamacare. "Our Freedom of Conscience, which is guaranteed by the First Amendment has been violated by Obamacare and these new regulations do not resolve the offense." At issue are Obamacare mandates which force Americans to purchase insurance coverage for life-ending drugs and devices mislabeled as contraception as well as engage in other abortion-related activities.

"Today's phony compromise from Health and Human Services only serves to illustrate the problem with Obamacare," said Dr. Yoest. "The Obama Administration is trying to gerrymander the regulations but continues to leave most Americans without their Constitutional freedoms. The regulation is clear that the Obama Administration's intent is to limit religious liberty to houses of worship. Meanwhile Christian universities, for-profit businesses - like the Bible publisher Tyndale and Hobby Lobby - or individuals are still forced to subsidize Big Abortion. The Obama Administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) violates the First Amendment Conscience rights of Americans, and that must be stopped."

More detailed analysis of the regulations will be available within the hour at www.aul.org.

As the pro-life source of model legislation, AUL developed an opt-out bill that has been used by eight of the 18 states that have opted-out of offering insurance plans that cover abortion in the state Exchanges required under Obamacare. AUL has also filed amicus briefs in the following on-going cases, arguing that parts of Obamacare are not Constitutional because of violations of First Amendment Conscience Rights: Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius, Wheaton College v. Sebelius, Nebraska v. Sebelius, and O'Brien v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  In addition, AUL filed a joint brief with other pro-life allies in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida before the United States Supreme Court. For more on AUL's efforts to protect Conscience rights, click here to learn more and view a unique video, "Who put THE CON in contraception?"

SOURCE Americans United for Life

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