Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik: 'To Hell' With New Contraception Rules
The Obama administration is requiring church-affiliated employers to provide health care plans that cover access to contraception.
Pittsburgh Catholic Bishop David Zubik Friday joined a growing segment of religious leaders speaking out against the Obama administration’s new law that requires religious employers to offer health plans covering free contraceptives. In an open letter titled "To Hell With You," Zubik on Friday characterized some of the mandates in the administration’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as a "slap in the face" and an attack on religious freedom. Zubik specifcally refers to guidelines that require all individual and group health insurance plans, including self-insured plans, to cover FDA-approved contraception, sterilization procedures and pharmaceuticals "that even result in abortion," Zubik writes. "The Obama administration has …
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5:03 pm on Sunday, January 29, 2012
The Church is being hypocritcal as usual. There are many Roman Catholics in public office who have supported positions which are contrary to the Church's teachings with no sanctions by the Church. When they move to excommunicate someone like Ted Kennedy then they might have some credibility. more ›