The Catholic church goes out of its way to be non-political (too much if you ask me) and she’s claiming they’re looking for an excuse?
(CNSNews.com) — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that religious liberty objections to the Obamacare rule mandating that all health insurance policies — except those for clergy and church employees — pay for sterilization and FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that induce abortion, were an “excuse.” She stressed that religious freedom under the First Amendment was not the issue but that “this is about women’s health.”
The mandate, as part of Obamacare, was finalized on Jan. 20 and is set to take effect on Aug. 1. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Orthodox Christian bishops, leading Protestant pastors, and more than 158 members of Congress have denounced the regulation and several lawsuits have been filed challenging its constitutionality.
Although Pelosi is a Catholic, she strongly defends the regulation, which would require Catholic individuals to pay for health insurance that covers actions contrary to their faith, e.g., abortion-inducing drugs (“Morning After” pill).
Deabte over the rule, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is a “sad one,” said Pelosi, because “the overwhelming practice is going in favor of women’s health.”