Supreme Court Sends Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate Case Back to Lower Courts
The Supreme Court on Monday ducked issuing a major ruling on a challenge by Christian nonprofit employers to an Obamacare mandate, sending the case back to the lower courts.
The justices on Monday issued an unsigned opinion in a case surrounding the arrangement by the Obama administration to spare religious groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans if they object, while ensuring that women covered under their plans can still obtain birth control.
The decision by the justices said that the parties involved should agree on an approach that accommodates religious exercise while at the same time ensure that women covered by health plans “receive full and equal health coverage, including contraceptive coverage.”
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