Appeals court hears arguments in religous contraception case

Little Sisters argue contraception mandate case before 3rd Circuit as long fight continues

The dispute stems from a 2011 federal rule requiring employers to include contraception coverage in employee health plans under the Affordable Care Act. [...]

Third Circuit judges press attorneys on scope of Catholic nuns’ contraception exemptions

A federal appeals court panel grilled lawyers from both sides this week over whether Trump-era rules shielding religious employers from the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate followed proper procedure, the latest chapter in a legal fight that has dragged on for more than a decade and twice reached the Supreme Court. The oral arguments before...

Appeals court scrutinizes exemptions in Catholic contraception fight

A federal appeals court on Tuesday closely questioned whether the first Trump administration in 2017 went too far in expanding religious exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, hearing arguments in the latest chapter of the decadelong legal battle involving the Little Sisters of the Poor. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard challenges brought by Pennsylvania and New Jersey, which ar…

Appeals court hears arguments in religous contraception case

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit weighed arguments on Tuesday over mandating religious organizations who object to provide access to contraceptives through healthcare coverage.

Catholic order asks appeals court to restore contraceptive mandate exemption

Attorneys for the Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic order that provides long-term and hospice care, appeared before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday, asking the court to restore a federal religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage mandate.The dispute dates back more than a decade, after the ACA required many employer health plans to cover contraceptives. The nuns of the order argued t…

Little Sisters argue contraception mandate case before 3rd Circuit

Legal counsel for the Little Sisters of the Poor delivered oral arguments to a federal appellate court on July 7 as the Catholic religious society continued its 15-year legal battle over contraception mandates.The dispute goes back to a 2011 federal regulation imposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which requires employers to include coverage of contraception in healthcare plans offered to employees, as part of rules …