Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act launched

House members seek to repeal administration's 'Religious Freedom Tax'

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives have introduced a bill to protect religious groups, as well as private businesses with "moral and religious objections," from being heavily taxed for refusing to pay for insurance "that violates their religious or moral views," Representative James Sensenbrennner, a member of the Republican Party from Wisconsin, said July 10.

At a press conference, he explained that the law known as "Obamacare" would allow the Internal Revenue Service to collect $100 per day for each employee of an organization that fails to cover services such as contraception and sterilization without a co-pay. The tax penalty is part of the Health and Human Services contraception mandate, currently being challenged by over 50 organizations in 23 lawsuits.

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