Contraception mandate Archives

Appeals court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor over HHS mandate

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 25, 2019

The Little Sisters of the Poor lost another round in court Oct. 22 when a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled 2 to 1 against the religious order getting a religious exemption from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate under a 2017 Trump administration rule.

Little Sisters of the Poor again seek Supreme Court’s help

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Oct 10, 2019

The Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition with the Supreme Court Oct. 1 asking the court to once again protect them from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.

Court order blocking contraception exemptions upheld

Associated Press, Church in the US
Jul 13, 2019

A federal appeals court upheld a lower court order that blocked the Trump administration from enforcing rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.

Judge blocks expansion of religious exemptions to contraceptive mandate

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Jan 15, 2019

A federal judge temporarily blocked the government from putting into effect new rules that would expand the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers.

Little Sisters back in court to defend HHS mandate exemption

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Jan 11, 2019

The Little Sisters of the Poor are back in court this week, as two states are challenging their religious exemption from the HHS contraception mandate.

Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate

Catholic News Service, Church in the US
Nov 10, 2018

A rule finalizing the religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate should be “the end of a long cultural war fight” over the issue and confirm that the U.S. government “never needed nuns to give out contraceptives” to women, said the president of the Becket law firm.