Ave Maria University Files Legal Challenge Against HHS Mandate

February 21, 2012

(The Becket Fund) - President Jim Towey, who once led President George W. Bush’s Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, defends the university against state intrusion.

"Just six years ago, Jim Towey was directing the White House Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives, advancing President George W. Bush’s policy of effective collaboration between religious institutions and the federal government.

Today, as president of Ave Maria University, Towey announced that he had approved a legal challenge to a controversial federal law that requires this Catholic institution to provide contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization in its employee health plan." READ MORE...

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