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Hobby Lobby Delays Contraceptive Coverage
An Oklahoma based business is trying to fight the time limit on its
contraception case, and may have found a way around the new federal
health care law. Under the new health care law, employers are
required to supply insurance coverage for contraception.
Hobby Lobby has been involved in a long battle over supplying the morning after pill. The company claims it should be exempt from providing emergency contraceptives because it's a religious organization. An attorney for the company released a statement saying the company has found a way to delay the insurance coverage that would provide the contraceptives.
According to the statement, Peter M. Dobelbower said Hobby Lobby will shift the company's health insurance plan year and that will delay their requirement to provide the pills by several months.
Hobby Lobby sent Fox 25 the following statement:
“Following Justice Sonia Sotomayor's decision on Dec. 26 denying Hobby Lobby temporary relief from the HHS mandate to provide abortion-causing drugs as part of its healthcare plan, the company faced exposure to penalties beginning Jan. 1. Subsequently, Hobby Lobby discovered a way to shift the plan year for its employee health insurance, thus postponing the effective date of the mandate for several months. Hobby Lobby does not provide coverage for abortion-inducing drugs in its healthcare plan. Hobby Lobby will continue to vigorously defend its religious liberty and oppose the mandate and any penalties.” - Peter M. Dobelbower, General Counsel - Vice President, Legal, Hobby Lobby
Posted: Friday, January 11 2013, 09:27 AM CST
IN OKLAHOMA NEWS
Tornado watch issued for western, central Oklahoma
May 18, 2013 22:57 GMT
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A tornado watch is in effect for western and central Oklahoma.
The weather system brought severe thunderstorms to the Altus and Clinton areas, as well as Harper County late Saturday afternoon. There were no reports of rotation as evening approached but the tornado watch lasts until 11 p.m. Saturday.
The dangerous weather is forecast to continue into Sunday night as the system progresses to the east.
The tornado watch area Saturday stretched from eastern edge of the Panhandle to include the Oklahoma City area.
Forecasters warn that the system could also bring large hail.
The National Weather Service in Norman reports tennis ball-size hail along U.S. 62 near the border of Harmon and Jackson counties in the state's far southwest.
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Tornado watch for western and central OK until 11 pm Saturday night. Severe t'storms may also produce large hail and damaging winds. ...
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