POINT LOOKOUT, Mo. — A small Christian college in Missouri filed suit against the federal government Sept. 17 over the mandate requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptive drugs.
The College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Mo., is the 14th Christian school to challenge the mandate in court. The school timed its suit to coincide with the 225th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, school President Jerry C. Davis said in a prepared statement.
“The so-called Affordable Care Act is government at its worst,” he said. “This is not a partisan issue. It is a constitutional issue, and the College wants its rights respected and enforced instead of being trampled upon. The Constitution still matters.”
The College of the Ozarks objects to a provision in the 2010 healthcare reform legislation that requires health insurance plans offered by employers to cover elective abortion and abortifacient drugs. Although the College of the Ozarks qualifies for a one-year exemption to the mandate, which went into effect Aug. 1, the delay only postpones the inevitable.
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