April 14, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court got a mixed reaction from the Obama administration and religious groups to its unusual proposal to resolve a clash over employee insurance coverage for contraceptives. In a court filing Tuesday, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said …
July 18, 2014
Closely held companies that decide to drop insurance coverage of birth control for religious reasons have 60 days to tell their employees after they end the benefits, the Obama administration said. The Supreme Court ruled last month that the U.S. …
July 3, 2014
Citing a U.S. Supreme Court opinion issued Monday, a federal appeals court temporarily barred the federal government from forcing an Alabama-based Catholic broadcasting network to comply with a law requiring them to cover contraceptives for women. A federal judge last …
March 21, 2014
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s 600 U.S. craft shops close each Sunday, posting a notice that employees are spending the day with their families and at worship. It’s a visible sign that the company is as focused on honoring God as …
February 24, 2014
The University of Notre Dame lost a renewed bid for a court order relieving it of having to tell its health insurance plan administrator that it didn’t want to provide coverage that includes contraception under President Barack Obama’s affordable care …
July 28, 2013
A divided federal appeals court on Friday rejected a Pennsylvania cabinet maker’s religion-based challenge to the 2010 healthcare law’s requirement that larger companies provide workers with health insurance covering birth control. The decision created a split among federal appeals courts, …
July 22, 2013
A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction exempting the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. from a portion of the 2010 healthcare law requiring many companies to provide employees with insurance coverage for birth control. The …
May 22, 2013
The U.S. law requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for birth control is set to come before an appeals court in cases brought by two businesses whose owners say they operate according to Catholic doctrine. The businesses, a construction …