Eight months after her failed attempt to override a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on contraceptive coverage, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray on Thursday rolled out her latest proposal to protect women’s access to reproductive-health services.
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Obama Administration Is Quietly Racking Up Court Victories for Birth Control Despite Hobby Lobby
On Wednesday, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld federal rules intended to ensure access to birth control, over a claim that employers who object to following those rules on religious groups should be exempt from them. With that, the Third Circuit became the fourth federal appeals court to reach a similar conclusion in a challenge brought by an employer who objects to some or all forms of birth control, despite concerns that the Supreme Court’s decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby would impede access to contraceptive care.
Lobbying for Better Access to Contraception
On the 42nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision that legalized abortion, hundreds of women lobbied Virginia lawmakers in person or by e-mail, asking them to increase access to contraception and repeal the state’s mandatory ultrasound law for women seeking an abortion.
Illinois Voters Handily Approve 2 Constitutional Amendments, 3 Advisory Issues
The contraceptive-coverage question, which had 66 percent approval, responded to the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling that craft-store chain Hobby Lobby is not required to pay for birth control. Advocates for coverage say the decree guts Illinois’ 2003 law requiring it.
Forget Politics, Obamacare Contraceptive Coverage Makes Financial Sense
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled against the Obama administration requirement that all employers must provide birth control insurance for women. Administration lawyers knew they were on shaky ground going in, because there were no provisions for male sex lives, such as Viagra, and that meant the policy was discriminatory, and the Supreme Court might rule that all corporations have the same rights, regardless of size, which further weakens the long-term viability of the ACA.
Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptives Mandate for Some Corporations
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom. It was, a dissent said, “a decision of startling breadth.”
Supreme Court Sides with Employers Over Birth Control Mandate
The Supreme Court struck a key part of President Obama’s health-care law Monday, ruling that some companies may refuse to offer insurance coverage of specific birth control methods if they conflict with the owner’s religious beliefs.
Awaiting Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Ruling, Public Favors Contraception Mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to finally issue its ruling this week in the highly anticipated case of the craft companies vs. Obamacare.Technically, it’s Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a showdown over the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate. The core legal question is whether a private company can have religious rights.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear New Contraception Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up preliminary appeals brought by Roman Catholic groups that want an exemption from part of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law requiring employers to provide insurance that covers contraception.
Women Justices Rock the Hobby Lobby Argument
There were two lessons from Tuesday’s argument in the Hobby Lobby case in the Supreme Court. First, it’s very important that there are now three women Justices. Second, it’s even more important that it takes five votes to win.