Supreme Court to Review Birth Control Mandate
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Supreme Court to decide Obamacare birth control mandateThe Supreme Court set up another showdown over President Obama’s health care law on Tuesday by taking on a pair of cases that challenge an administrative rule requiring many for-profit companies to insure birth control.
Hobby Lobby stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties are among dozens of large firms with religiously devout owners who say the “contraception mandate” tied to the Affordable Care Act infringes on their First Amendment right to religious freedom.
From the Left
Supreme Court To Take Up Controversial Birth Control CasesThe U.S. Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will take up the question of whether a for-profit company can refuse to cover contraception for its employees because of religious objections.
Dozens of companies have sued the Obama administration over a rule in the Affordable Care Act requiring most employers -- with the exception of churches and religious non-profits -- to cover the full range of contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The Supreme Court will hear the most high-profile case, filed by the Christian-owned craft supply chain Hobby Lobby,...
From the Center
High Court to Review Health Law's Contraception MandateThe Supreme Court said Tuesday it would decide whether for-profit employers can invoke their religious beliefs to deny contraceptive coverage to female employees who would otherwise be entitled to it under the Affordable Care Act, in a new case before the high court challenging part of President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul.
The 2010 federal law, most of which the high court upheld in June 2012, includes contraceptive coverage among the minimum package of benefits insurance policies must include. The Obama administration has exempted religiously affiliated nonprofit employers, such as Catholic...
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