Belmont Abbey College Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Faculty health care coverage controversy === <!---still a bit [[WP:UNDUE]] probably needs further shortening---> <!---I trimmed this portion ever so slightly.---> In 2007 the college's administration removed healthcare coverage for "[[abortion]], [[contraception]], and voluntary [[Human sterilization (surgical procedure)|sterilization]]" after discovering that these were covered by the college's healthcare policy. Eight faculty members responded by filing complaints to the North Carolina Department of Insurance, the [[Equal Employment Opportunity Commission]], and the [[National Women's Law Center]]. The latter threatened a lawsuit on behalf of the eight faculty members, several of whom were allegedly lifelong Catholics.<ref name="Crusader">Wentowski, Ray. [http://crusader.bac.edu/english/crusader/print/APR08.pdf "Belmont Abbey Removes Contraception Coverage from Employee Healthcare, Benefits from Contraceptive Sales on Abbey Land"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912002501/http://crusader.bac.edu/english/crusader/print/APR08.pdf |date=September 12, 2008 }}, abbeycrusader.com, May 7, 2008.</ref> On November 11, 2011, Belmont Abbey College sued the federal government over a new regulation that requires employer health insurance plans to provide free coverage of contraceptives and sterilization, even if it may be contrary to their religious beliefs."<ref>{{cite news |author=Patricia L. Guilfoyle |url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1104431.htm |title=CNS STORY: Catholic college sues federal government over contraception mandate |work=[[Catholic News Service]] |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113101848/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1104431.htm |archive-date=13 November 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page