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Ala. Broadcaster Wants Injunction In Health Suit

Alabama-based Catholic broadcaster, Eternal Word Television Network sued to block the federal government's rules on contraception for employees.
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Alabama-based Catholic broadcaster, Eternal Word Television Network sued to block the federal government's rules on contraception for employees.

  A Catholic broadcaster is asking for a Supreme Court injunction as it pursues a lawsuit against requiring employers to include contraception in their health care coverage.

A federal judge dismissed the suit filed by the Eternal Word Television Network on June 18. The network is planning an appeal, but says it needs a Supreme Court injunction before a July 1 deadline for complying with the national health care law.

Dozens of church-related organizations have filed suit over the law across the country. Like those groups, EWTN contends the government is violating its rights by requiring employers to provide health care coverage that includes contraception. The broadcaster argues that medications resulting in abortion and procedures such as sterilization violate tenets of the Roman Catholic Church.

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