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A federal district judge has thrown out Wheaton College’s lawsuit that attempted to reverse the Obama Administration’s health insurance mandate forcing the Christian college to pay for its employees’ morning-after pill costs.

The Chicago Tribune reports that:

“U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle ruled that the lawsuit was premature because the government would not enforce the mandate against Wheaton until August 2013 and promised to revise the mandate to accommodate some religious institutions before it goes into effect.”

But the college, which refers to morning-after pills as “abortion causing drugs,” responded with concern over the ruling, and may appeal:

“The government argued that Wheaton’s case should not proceed because it is premature—but the court is mistaken in accepting that argument,” says Kyle Duncan, General Counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents Wheaton College in its case. “In dismissing this case, the court did not address the substantive merits—Wheaton’s argument that being forced to offer drugs that violate its religious beliefs is harmful to its religious freedom.”

 

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