March 2, 2012
By only a three vote margin, largely on party lines, the Blunt amendment was defeated in the Senate yesterday. The Wall Street Journal editorializes: \”The amendment had nothing to do with a \’ban\’ on contraception, or any of the other delusions and distortions of the left. The real issue is that the ObamaCare mandate requires employers, including religious schools and hospitals, to buy coverage that may violate their moral beliefs. The Blunt amendment would merely have let those religious-affiliated institutions provide coverage without paying for care that violates their religious conscience. The real offense against freedom and women is the mandate.\”
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