A California church is filing a lawsuit
against the California Department of Managed Health Care for forcing it
to purchase a health care plan that includes provisions for voluntary
and elective abortions.
Christian Today reports that the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is
assisting Skyline Wesleyan Church of San Diego in their lawsuit.
The church claims that forcing them to provide health care that
includes abortions is a violation of their religious freedom rights.
“Churches should not be forced to pay for the killing of innocent human
life," said Erik Stanley, ADF Senior Counsel. "The government has no
right to demand that church health insurance plans include coverage for
elective abortions – something that violates the most sincerely held
religious beliefs of this church and nearly all churches throughout the
state."
The California Department of Managed Health Care, however, claims that
under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 the church is
required to provide basic health care and cannot discriminate against
women who elect to have an abortion.
ADF Legal Counsel Jeremiah Galus contends that "California forced
abortion coverage into churches' health insurance plans without their
knowledge or approval," adding that “because Obamacare requires
employers to provide health insurance coverage, the California mandate
has left churches with no way to opt out of paying for abortions."
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