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Irondale, Ala., Jun 17, 2014 \/ 05:36 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The EWTN Global Catholic Network has announced that it will appeal a June 17 ruling that would require it to facilitate products and procedures that go against Church teaching.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe have no other option but to continue our legal challenge of the mandate,\u201d said Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO of EWTN. \u201cWe are making an immediate appeal to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tU.S. District Court Judge Callie V.S. Granade of Mobile, Ala., ruled against EWTN in its challenge to a federal regulation that the network says require it to violate its Catholic faith.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe are extremely disappointed with the decision reached by the court in this case,\u201d Warsaw said.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe opinion issued is clearly inconsistent with the decisions reached in nearly all of the cases decided to date. The fact that the court has dismissed the serious issues of conscience and religious freedom that EWTN has raised is very troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAs an organization that was founded to uphold the teachings of the Catholic Church, we do not believe that contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and voluntary sterilization should be defined as health care,\u201d he added. \u201cWe simply cannot facilitate these immoral practices.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tThe EWTN lawsuit challenges the federal HHS mandate, which requires most employers to either provide or facilitate employee insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization and some drugs that can cause early abortions.<\/p>\n

\tMore than 300 plaintiffs have filed lawsuits across the country charging that the mandate violates federal and constitutional protections of religious freedom.<\/p>\n

\tAn important ruling about the mandate as it applies to for-profit businesses owned by individuals with religious objections is expected from the Supreme Court later this month.<\/p>\n

\tIn early 2012, EWTN filed an initial lawsuit against the regulation. However, that suit was dismissed on technical grounds in March 2013. The current lawsuit was filed in October 2013.<\/p>\n

\tThe Catholic network is being joined in its lawsuit by the state of Alabama.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAlabama has a proud history of protecting our First Freedom,\u201d said Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange. \u201cWe have been honored to continue that tradition by standing with EWTN and protecting rights of conscience for all Alabama citizens, and we will continue to support EWTN as it appeals the district court\u2019s disappointing decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tLori Windham, senior counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is defending EWTN in court, noted that more than 80 percent of cases have received rulings protecting religious freedom of those objecting to the mandate.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis decision is out of step with the overwhelming majority of decisions in similar cases nationwide,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\tEstablished 33 years ago, EWTN is the largest religious media network in the world, reaching over 230 million television households in more than 140 countries and territories.<\/p>\n

\tThe network includes television, radio and a publishing arm, along with a website and both electronic and print news services.<\/p>\n

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