https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/27/trump-administration-takes-on-californias-abortion-funding-coercion/Trump Administration Takes on California’s Abortion Funding CoercionIt’s been a problem since 2014. That’s when California’s health department started strong-arming employers into covering abortion on their insurance exchange.
As bad as that was, the Golden State made it worse. Instead of exempting churches and other groups with religious convictions, the state ordered them to comply too—forcing pastors like Calvary Chapel Chino Hills’ Jack Hibbs to finance a deadly business in direct defiance of their faith.
“Wait just a second,†churches complained, “that’s a violation of federal law.†Under the Weldon Amendment, health care entities can’t be punished for refusing to cover abortion.
Instead of reading the plain language of the law, the Obama Office of Civil Rights waved off the accusations, insisting that California wasn’t guilty of any wrongdoing. But the actual text of the amendment begs to differ. It says funds cannot be made available to governments (including states) that subject a health care entity (including health care plans) to discrimination on the basis that they do not provide coverage for abortion.
So, for years, churches like Calvary Chapel have been at the state legislature and in court, fighting not to pay for the killing of innocent unborn babies.
When Trump took office in 2017, HHS went to work enforcing the Weldon Amendment. Jan. 24, after trying everything else to get California to comply, Azar’s team issued a formal violation that could jeopardize millions of federal dollars that flow into the state.
“We’ve received complaints by religious entities, including a group of religious sisters from the Roman Catholic Church, including a Protestant church, that have been required by California to cover abortion as part of their insurance. We have sought diligently to remediate that … They have refused … And so as of this moment, I have issued a notice of violation to the state of California for their noncompliance with the Weldon Amendment,†he told the crowd at ProLifeCon.
Just one example of Obamian hostility toward religious and Pro-Life people.
OhBummer(don't)Care did shut down my health plan and force me into a worse and more expensive plan. It forced changes to my employer's plan that cost me more $$ in employee contribution (paycheck deductions). Forced coverage of abortions was one such forced changes.
