Washington State Abandons Religious Liberty | National Review

In July 2021, the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s decision to dismiss Cedar Park’s case, filed after Senate Bill 6219 was signed into law in Washington State in March 2018. The law requires most employers to provide coverage for abortion if they also offer maternity care coverage to their employees. Penalties for violating the law include fines and possibly imprisonment. The district court has now ruled against the church again, this time on the merits, prompting the appeal.S.B. 6219 includes no religious exemption for health plans of organizations like Cedar Park. So it seems that lawmakers in the State of Washington are targeting people of faith for coercion of the worst sort. The message is clear: Adhere to state-dictated ideological orthodoxy and violate your deepest held religious convictions, or suffer the consequences.

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