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Judge rules required coverage of HIV prevention drug violates employer’s religious freedom

By Associated Press — September 7, 2022
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Wednesday that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed down by Fort Worth-based U.S. District Judge […]

Can Joe Biden solve the Little Sisters of the Poor dilemma?

By Thomas Reese — February 8, 2021
(RNS) — Ban Form 700. Then we'll see who wants to solve the Little Sisters' problem.

Little Sisters of the Poor return to court to fight birth control mandate

By Thomas Reese — January 23, 2020
(RNS) — In a rerun of a 2016 case, the Supreme Court shouldn't be required to settle what the parties ought to have settled themselves.

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?

Critics: Trump’s religious exemption on birth control ignores science

By Lauren Markoe — October 11, 2017
(AP) — Although the regulations ultimately address matters of individual conscience and religious teaching, they also dive into medical research and scholarly studies on birth control.

Analysis: Congregations can’t make up for proposed federal budget cuts

By Emily McFarlan Miller — June 26, 2017
(RNS) Based on an analysis by Bread for the World, every religious congregation in the U.S. would have to raise an additional $714,000 every year for the next 10 years to make up for the 2018 budget cuts President Trump has proposed.
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