A Catholic charity in Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit after state officials ended its designation as a specialist women’s treatment provider, in a dispute over the ministry’s religious beliefs on abortion and contraception.
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit on Friday, June 26, on behalf of Catholic Charities of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties, which serves vulnerable families in the Lansing region.
The case, Catholic Charities of Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties v Hertel, was filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern Division. ADF said the lawsuit challenges actions by Michigan officials that allegedly forced the Catholic ministry to choose between its religious beliefs and access to public funding.
