Little Sisters of the Poor 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.
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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.
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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.
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Court hears arguments in suit aiming to take mandate exemption from nuns

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based in San Francisco heard oral arguments Oct. 19 in a lawsuit that aims to overturn a 2017 federal regulation expanding the exemption to the federal contraceptive mandate to include the Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious employers.

Catholic Benefits Association wins suit filed in 2014 against HHS mandate

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Catholic Benefits Association and issued declaratory relief and a permanent injunction against a mandate requiring employers to provide coverage for contraception, even if they are opposed to such coverage on moral grounds.