Court Lets Some Charities Avoid Rules on Birth Control Coverage

[_Abyssinia]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court issued an order on Monday that allows certain nonprofit religious groups to avoid compliance with federal rules concerning insurance coverage of contraceptives for women.

The order bars the Obama administration from enforcing the rules against the religious groups and church officials until the court decides whether to hear an appeal they filed this year.

Eric C. Rassbach, a deputy general counsel at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who has closely followed the issue, welcomed the order.

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[jediliz]

only certain ones…they could still rule against the Little Sisters of the Poor…

 

[MarcoPolo]

Is this the court throwing Christians a bone? It’s tragic that Christians even have to fight legal battles for the most basic moral exercise. It seems Christians just spend their time in court now, trying to get support for marriage, trying to get permission to not buy somebody birth control….

 

[_Abyssinia]

Is this the court throwing Christians a bone? It’s tragic that Christians even have to fight legal battles for the most basic moral exercise. It seems Christians just spend their time in court now, trying to get support for marriage, trying to get permission to not buy somebody birth control….