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Donate   • Anti-Conscience Mandate Halted Against Second Family-
Owned Business       Late Wednesday, Michigan Federal District
Court Judge Robert H. Cleland ruled in favor of family-owned
lawn and supply store Weingartz Supply Company and its owner,
Daniel Weingartz. Colorado District Court Judge John L. Kanne
granted a similar request on behalf of Hercules Industries this
past summer.      Weingartz Supply and its owner objected to the
mandate’s requirement that they provide their employees
abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraceptives in
violation of the owner’s religious beliefs or risk crippling
fines.      Mr. Weingartz is committed to operating the family
business in a manner compatible with his faith. Because the
company is a private, for-profit family business, it is excluded
from the mandate’s narrow religious exemption and, like all non-
religious employers, is ineligible for a year-long “safe-harbor”
that simply delays the