Los Angeles, Calif., Oct 10, 2013 / 01:07 am
A Jesuit college in California has sparked controversy by announcing that it will stop directly covering elective abortions, but will instead offer employees a separate, unsubsidized plan to cover them.
"At the end of the day, this insurance scheme facilitates employees' abortions," said Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society, which works to promote authentic Catholic identity at Catholic colleges.
"This has been billed as a compromise on insurance coverage, but in reality it's a compromise of the Faith and of LMU's commitment to Catholic teaching – and it's going to lead to innocent babies being killed in the womb."
The decision was announced in an Oct. 7 letter from David W. Burcham, president of Loyola Marymont University, and Kathleen Hannon Aikenhead, chair of the Board of Trustees.