contraception mandate
White House expands birth control exemptions for employers with religious objections
By Adelle M. Banks — November 7, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The mother provincial of Little Sisters of the Poor, one of the religious groups that has opposed the mandate, welcomed the administration’s new regulations.
Notre Dame, contraception and a better conversation about sex
By Jacob Lupfer — November 15, 2017
(RNS) — In a surprising reversal, Notre Dame decided last week that allowing its health insurer to provide free contraceptives to female students and workers does not, after all, impinge on its religious liberty. So how sincere was the legal argument to begin with?
Trump’s religious liberty order slammed as ‘pretty much nothing’
By David Gibson — May 4, 2017
(RNS) ‘Ivanka and Jared won. We lost,’ as one Christian conservative said.
Pence maintains Trump would defend religious objections
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Many conservative Christians are still upset that in 2015 the Indiana governor backtracked under pressure after signing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act in his state that critics said would allow discrimination against gays.
Supreme Court sends ‘contraceptive mandate’ cases back to lower courts
By Jerome Socolovsky — May 16, 2016
WASHINGTON — The justices unanimously sent the cases back to federal appeals courts in hopes that they can emerge with a way to honor the objections of religious nonprofit groups.
Why religious non-profits can’t admit giving ground on contraception mandate
By Mark Silk — April 21, 2016
It would make their religious scruples look negotiable.
2 young women, 2 polar views on contraception case
By Lauren Markoe — March 23, 2016
(RNS) Two Christians named Katie. Two views on whether the Affordable Care Act violates or protects freedom.
‘All or nothing’ Obamacare objections threaten religious liberty (COMMENTARY)
By Holly Hollman — March 21, 2016
(RNS) Religious liberty is often threatened by government indifference or oversight, but here it is endangered by exaggerated claims and overreaching.
Wheaton drops student health insurance to avoid Obamacare contraception mandate
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — August 2, 2015
The 'evangelical Harvard' rejects any "accommodation" that would let insurers offer the coverage to students directly. Wheaton's lawyer said signing a letter citing religious beliefs to opt out of the coverage unacceptable.
Nuns lose latest court battle to avoid contraception mandate
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 14, 2015
(RNS) The Little Sisters of the Poor -- who have refused to comply with the Affordable Care Act contraception mandate -- lost their latest court case Tuesday (July 14).
Missouri lawmaker, wife ask court for contraception insurance exclusion
By Jennifer S. Mann — September 9, 2014
ST. LOUIS (RNS) State Rep. Paul Wieland and his wife, Teresa, say the contraceptive benefit required by the Affordable Care Act violates their religious beliefs as Catholics and parents of three daughters.
Obama to employers: Notify workers if you’re dropping contraceptive coverage
By Richard Wolf — July 18, 2014
WASHINGTON -- The timing of the notice came after the Senate failed Wednesday to pass Democratic legislation that would have reversed the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision on the contraception mandate.
Wheaton College gets a pass from Supreme Court on contraception mandate
By Richard Wolf — July 7, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) "Those who are bound by our decisions usually believe they can take us at our word. Not so today," Justice Sonia Sotomayor said after the Supreme Court granted an exemption from the contraception mandate to Wheaton College.
ANALYSIS: Hobby Lobby beat the contraception mandate. Here’s why the nuns may not
By David Gibson — July 1, 2014
(RNS) The Health and Human Services Department has already offered an accommodation to faith-based nonprofits that allows them to sign a waiver giving a third-party administrator permission to take care of the birth control coverage.
Southern Baptists pray for ‘favorable’ Hobby Lobby ruling
By Adelle M. Banks — June 11, 2014
BALTIMORE (RNS) “God, we ask for a favorable, favorable ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States for the cause of religious liberty,” prayed the Rev. Ronnie Floyd, incoming president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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