Family Life

11.27.12 | Sarah Harnisch

The showdown has been set over the President's Affordable Care Act. Sometime in the next 6 months, we will have the answer as to whether or not faith based groups will be forced to offer abortive healthcare. Matthew Staver with the Liberty Counsel says "we expect arguments to occur sometime in early 2013, with a decision coming down sometime in the spring of 2013, and therefore we'll be back on track to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court by the fall of 2013."

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled an appeals court in Virginia must hear Liberty's arguments over the president's law. Liberty University is the largest christian college in the world. Staver says the ruling will have an impact on thousands of faith-based employers across the country. He said "if we prevail on the employer mandate, all employers are affected and the entire law is gutted. But if we prevail on only the free excersize of religion argument, then all free exersize of religion arguments around the country, both for employers and for individuals, will also be affected as well."

Religious institutions across the nation could be fined up to 1.3 million dollars a day if they don't comply with the law. Twenty-seven other groups are also suing.