Affordable Care Act ruling promises religious fights for the forseeable future
Posted By Michelle Boorstein
05:29 PM ET, 06/28/2012
The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold the core of President Obama’s health care law guaranteed that the law and its potential impact on abortions and contraception will remain a powerfully divisive issue for religious groups for the forseeable future. Attorneys already challenging the law on behalf of mostly Catholic institutions said the decision opened the door for more future litigation.
The decision immediately electrified religious progressives, including many Mainline Protestant and Reform Jewish leaders, who believe expanding coverage meets a core priority of Scripture to heal the sick.
“In designing a health care system that was intended to include almost all of us and work better for everyone, we believed we were responding to a moral imperative to collectively care for one another. We saw the passage of health care reform as a statement about reclaiming the moral compass of our country,” read a statement from two dozen national religious movements, including the United Methodist Church, the Reform Jewish movement and the Islamic Society of North America.
Some who have worked on the issue of health care reform for years were in tears as they spoke to reporters.
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