We are surrounded from every side, it seems, by arguments (and increasingly lawsuits) of various groups over claims to rights they wish to have. The problem is, it is impossible for everyone to possess all of the rights they desire, for the granting of some rights to some groups requires the explicit infringement on the rights of other groups. This, in particular, has been the concern of religious groups in connection with the demands for such rights as access to abortion—and the requirement for, say, such groups as the Catholic order of nuns, Little Sisters of the Poor, to offer abortion and contraception coverage for their employees or pay astronomical fines. For judges who have ruled against the Little Sisters, obviously abortion rights supersede religious rights.
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