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Washington D.C., Jan 14, 2013 \/ 02:02 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Arts and crafts retailer Hobby Lobby has found a way to adjust its employee healthcare plan to delay potentially crippling fines for refusing to comply with the federal contraception mandate.<\/p>\n

\tThe company will now \u201cshift the plan year for its employee health insurance, thus postponing the effective date of the mandate for several months,\u201d announced attorney Peter M. Dobelbower in a Jan. 10 statement.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cHobby Lobby does not provide coverage for abortion-inducing drugs in its healthcare plan,\u201d Dobelbower said, adding that the retailer \u201cwill continue to vigorously defend its religious liberty and oppose the mandate and any penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tBy shifting its insurance plan year, the company will gain time in its battle against the federal contraception mandate, which would have taken effect for it on Jan. 1, 2013.<\/p>\n

\tThe controversial mandate, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, requires that employers provide insurance plans that offer contraceptives \u2013 including some drugs that can cause early abortions \u2013 and sterilization.<\/p>\n

\tWhile a narrow exemption to the mandate exists, it does not apply to for-profit businesses or those that hire members of other faiths.<\/p>\n

\tHobby Lobby is one of dozens of employers that has sued over the mandate, charging that it violates the First Amendment\u2019s guarantees of free exercise of religion.<\/p>\n

\tThe company\u2019s founder and CEO, David Green, started Hobby Lobby in an Oklahoma City garage in 1972. Since then, the company has grown to more than 500 stores in 41 states.<\/p>\n

\tThe Greens describe themselves as committed Christians who seek to serve God through all their endeavors, including their business. The family donates large amounts to charity, maintains a minimum wage that is considerably higher than that required by federal law and closes their stores on Sundays, sacrificing profit to allow their employees to worship and rest.<\/p>\n

\tAs Christians, the Greens object to funding or facilitating any drugs that can cause abortions, including the \u201cmorning after\u201d and \u201cweek after\u201d pills.<\/p>\n

\tThe company was recently denied injunctions by both a district court and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. An injunction would have temporarily blocked the mandate from taking effect while the case is heard in court.<\/p>\n

\tHobby Lobby then made an emergency injunction appeal to the Supreme Court. The appeal was denied on Dec. 26 by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is responsible for hearing emergency requests from the 10th Circuit. Sotomayor stated that the case did not meet the extreme standard necessary for the Supreme Court to intervene.<\/p>\n

\tThe Supreme Court still has the option to review the case after the Hobby Lobby appeal is completed in the 10th Circuit.<\/p>\n

\tIf the Greens had not been able to adjust their insurance plan year, they could have been subject to fines of up to $1.3 million per day, beginning Jan. 1 of this year. By Jan. 11, these fines could have totaled more than $14 million.<\/p>\n

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