Life News - Supreme Court and Obamacare: Day One of the Hearings

by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

The Supreme Court this week will take on the Obamacare health care law — opposed by pro-life groups because it funds abortions and prompts rationing concerns. The Court will hear a total of six hours worth of oral argument over the next three days considering various issues brought up in the lawsuits against it.

Edward White, a pro-life attorney with the ACLJ, outlined what the Supreme Court considered today, on the first day of the hearings:

During the three days, the Court will consider four issues: (1) whether the individual mandate (which requires Americans to buy health insurance from private companies for the rest of their lives or pay annual penalties) is constitutional; (2) whether the individual mandate is severable from the rest of ObamaCare and, if not, whether the entire law should be invalidated; (3) whether the Medicaid expansion is constitutional; and (4) whether the Anti-Injunction Act (“AIA”) applies to this case. . . .

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