Friday, August 8, 2014

Conscientious/Moral/Religious Objector

In "Burwell vs Hobby Lobby" (US, June 2014) and in "Imbong vs Ochoa" (April 2014), the Court ruled in favor of conscientious objector (religious or moral objector) because, among others, the government failed to discharge its burden ("compelling interest" test in the Philippine case; while the government did demonstrate sufficient compelling interest, it failed to show "meaningful difference" between non-profit religious (which are exempted under Affordable Care Act) and for-profit religious organization in the US case).

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