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...on their non Catholic employees?
Churches are exempt from the ruling.
What gives the Catholic church (or any church, for that matter) the right to force their religious convictions on employees who aren't even catholic?
Churches are exempt from the ruling.
However, religious institutions that employ and serve people outside their faith -- hospitals, elementary schools, universities -- have to comply with the requirement to cover birth control if they offer health insurance coverage for employees. That means such Catholic institutions, which employ and serve wide swaths of non-Catholics across the country, will not be exempt, despite church teachings against use of contraception.
Obama Administration's New Contraception Rule Puts Key Catholic Vote at Risk
What gives the Catholic church (or any church, for that matter) the right to force their religious convictions on employees who aren't even catholic?