The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Michael J. Norton regarding a federal court’s order Tuesday in Briscoe v. Burwell that permanently prohibits the Obama administration from enforcing its abortion-pill mandate against the owner of several small businesses that run senior living centers and skilled nursing facilities in Colorado. The government agreed to the order in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Burwell and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores:
“All Americans should oppose unjust laws that allow the government to force people to surrender their constitutionally protected freedom to live and work according to their deepest beliefs. While we are very pleased with the order issued in this case, many other similar cases continue throughout the country. In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling against the abortion-pill mandate in Conestoga and Hobby Lobby, and the clearly protected right of Americans to be free from this type of government coercion at home, in their family businesses, and in non-profit endeavors that benefit everyone, the Obama administration should give up its blind and indefensible efforts to punish people of faith and let freedom prevail.”
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