Little Sisters of the Poor

Court to look anew at health care law birth control rules
- Jan 18, 2020
The Supreme Court will consider allowing the Trump administration to enforce rules that allow more employers to deny insurance coverage for contraceptives to women.

By Mark Sherman
Religious freedom is a basic human right, says lawyer for Little Sisters
- Dec 8, 2019
As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud to be able to make a difference while earning a livelihood. He sees his work as a calling from God.

By Linda Petersen
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
Court hears arguments in suit aiming to take mandate exemption from nuns
- Oct 25, 2018
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.

By Catholic News Service
Catholic Benefits Association wins suit filed in 2014 against HHS mandate
- Apr 1, 2018
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.

By Catholic News Service