HHS mandate

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

By Catholic News Service
Little Sisters of the Poor again seek Supreme Court’s help
- 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.

By Carol Zimmermann
Judge blocks expansion of religious exemptions to contraceptive mandate
- 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.

By Dennis Sadowski

Little Sisters back in court to defend HHS mandate exemption
- 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.

By Christine Rousselle
Final HHS rule confirms religious exemption to contraceptive mandate
- 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.

By Julie Asher
Trump administration announces new conscience exemptions for contraceptive mandate
- Nov 8, 2018
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury, and Labor released two updated rules concerning conscience protections for organizations and individuals in relation to the HHS contraception mandate.

By Catholic News Agency