Senator Rand Paul (R – Ky.), today writes that the HHS contraception mandate is another reason why Obamacare is “socialized medicine.”
In an op-ed published this morning on National Review online, Paul decried the mandate as “something generally witnessed only in totalitarian and authoritarian regimes,” calling it a direct violation of religious liberty, for all Christians, not just Catholics.
And while the Obama administration has never been a protector of pro-life Americans’ conscience rights — for example, it supports the federal funding that Planned Parenthood receives — this latest decision attempts to crush the freedom of the Catholic Church in this country. The president has declared a “war on religion,” as Michael Gerson wrote in the Washington Post last week.
