In Wake of ‘Hobby Lobby,’ Wisconsin to Stop Enforcing State Contraceptive Benefit Rule
Down, down we go on that slippery slope.
http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/07/25/wake-hobby-lobby-wisconsin-stop-enforcing-state-contraceptive-benefit-rule/
In Wake of ‘Hobby Lobby,’ Wisconsin to Stop Enforcing State Contraceptive Benefit Rule
by Nina Liss-Schultz, Reporting Fellow, RH Reality Check
July 25, 2014
Wisconsin will no longer enforce the state’s contraception benefit rule for employers with religious objections, because of the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling.
On Monday, a spokesperson from Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s administration told the conservative website Media Trackers that Wisconsin will no longer require employers to follow the state law mandating coverage. Current state law in Wisconsin mandates that companies with insurance plans covering certain services, like outpatient care, preventive treatment, and prescription drugs, must also cover contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration and prescribed by a health-care provider.
In its ruling last month, the Supreme Court used the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act to argue that the contraceptive coverage requirement of the Affordable Care Act violates the religious rights of certain companies.
J.P. Wieske, a representative with the state Office of the Commissioner of Insurance, alluded to the Supreme Court ruling in justifying Wisconsin’s decision, saying that the Hobby Lobby decision “supersedes state statute.”....
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