Rubio Applauds SCOTUS Victory for Little Sisters of the Poor

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U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) released a statement after the Supreme Court issued a decision in Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania that the Little Sisters of the Poor cannot be forced to provide free birth control to their employees by the government. In November 2019, Rubio joined his colleagues in an amicus brief to request the Supreme Court hear the Little Sisters of the Poor's case in order to protect them from the Obama-era HHS contraceptive mandate, which could force faith based organizations to violate their religious beliefs.

"For years, the nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor were forced to fight in the courts because they rightfully believe that God and the Constitution's religious-freedom protections are higher authorities than Obamacare's unlawful mandates targeting faith-based organizations," Rubio said. "Today's Supreme Court decision is a clear reaffirmation that our nation was founded upon the principle of religious freedom."

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