One of the companies involved in the Supreme Court case striking down parts of the Affordable Care Act has finally received a permanent injunction against the law.
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, which has over 950 employees, said the law violated the Mennonite beliefs of their owners. The owners said abortion is “an intrinsic evil and a sin against God” and they should not be forced to pay for abortions via drug in the law.
U.S. District Judge Mitchell Goldberg had ruled against the Hahn Family who owns the company in 2012, which sparked the case heading to the Supreme Court. Now, the same judge has issued a permanent injunction.
“[I]t is hereby ordered that Defendants are permanently enjoined from enforcing against Plaintiffs, their group health plan, and the group health insurance coverage provided in connection with that plan, the statute and regulations that require Plaintiffs to provide their employees coverage for ‘[a]ll Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity,’” the judge wrote in his order.
The Alliance Defending Freedom praised the injunction, saying that they hope other judges will not infringe on the religious freedom of Americans.