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BURKE: Washington Abortion Mandate Violates Letter, Spirit of Constitution

Denise M. Burke
BURKE: Washington Abortion Mandate Violates Letter, Spirit of Constitution
Courtesy Alliance Defending Freedom

Cedar Park Church — a family of churches in Washington state which also operates a Christian school — has found itself in the unique position of defending the constitutionally protected freedoms of all Washingtonians.

Last year, it filed a legal challenge to SB 6219, a state law enacted in 2018 mandating that all health insurance plans that cover maternity care also cover abortion, and now it is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to allow its lawsuit to go forward just as it recently allowed a similar case in California to proceed.

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