July 15, 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. The three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
August 1, 2016
Insurance companies in Illinois have to provide coverage for nearly all contraceptives under a plan signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The new law takes effect in 2017. It extends coverage to almost all forms of contraception approved by the U.S. …
June 28, 2013
The Obama administration on Friday issued its final rule requiring health insurance coverage of contraceptives for the employees of religiously affiliated universities, hospitals and other institutions, just as the new policy faces mounting legal challenges. Officials said the rule does …
June 28, 2013
Arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby may be entitled to an exemption from a requirement in President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul to include free contraception coverage in its employee health insurance plans, a federal appeals court ruled this week. …
February 12, 2013
An Indiana company has won temporary court relief from having to provide its employees with coverage for contraceptives and other birth-control procedures, as mandated under the 2010 healthcare overhaul. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit …
December 31, 2012
A divided federal appeals court has temporarily barred the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois company to obtain insurance coverage for contraceptives, as mandated under the 2010 healthcare overhaul, after the owners objected on religious grounds. More than 40 lawsuits …
November 21, 2012
A federal judge has rejected Oklahoma-based Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s request to block part of the federal health care overhaul that requires the arts and craft supply company to provide insurance coverage for the morning-after and week-after birth control pills. …
March 5, 2012
New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan is calling on worshippers to become more involved in politics as the church stands against the government in what he says is a “freedom of religion battle.” Dolan spoke Saturday at an event in Hicksville …
March 1, 2012
Cardinal Timothy Dolan is planning a speech on the recent controversy involving contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. The spiritual leader of the Archdiocese of New York plans to address the issue this coming weekend at a conference on Long …