EWTN Playing God Again
Thursday, EWTN — a Catholic television network
carried on thousands of cable systems in more than 100 countries — filed suit
in U.S. District Court in Birmingham, Ala.
"We
had no other option," said Michael Warsaw, president of EWTN, which stands for
Eternal Word Television Network.
"Under
the HHS mandate, EWTN is being forced by the government to make a choice:
Either we provide employees coverage for contraception, sterilization and
abortion-inducing drugs and violate our conscience or offer our employees and
their families no health insurance coverage at all. Neither of those choices is
acceptable," Warsaw said.
On
at least one point, Warsaw is wrong, said Erin Shields, HHS's top spokeswoman.
While
the rule covers "emergency contraceptives" like Plan B and Next
Choice, it doesn't cover drugs that cause abortion, Shields told NBC station WYFF of Greenville,
S.C.
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