Sotomayor Delays Obamacare's Birth Control Mandate
Tuesday, 31 Dec 2013 10:20 PM
Roman Catholic Church-affiliated
organizations on Tuesday obtained last-minute court injunctions that give them
temporary exemptions from a part of the Obamacare
healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering
contraception.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor
granted one temporary injunction to Baltimore-based Little Sisters of the Poor
and Illinois-based Christian Brothers Services, plus related entities.
Sotomayor is giving the government until Friday morning to respond to her
decision.
Two different appeals courts
granted stays in three other cases that had been pending at the high court,
filed by various organizations, including Catholic
University of America and non-profits in Michigan
and Tennessee,
according to a lawyer representing the groups. The lower court action meant the
Supreme Court did not need to act in those cases.
The groups were all asking the
courts to exempt them temporarily from the so-called contraception mandate
while litigation continues. The mandate, which was due to take effect for the
organizations on Wednesday, is already in place for many women who have private
health insurance.
The organizations accuse the
federal government of forcing them to support contraception and sterilization
in violation of their religious beliefs or face steep fines.
The 2010 Affordable Care Act,
known as Obamacare, requires employers to provide health insurance policies
that cover preventive services for women, including contraception and
sterilization.
The act makes an exception for
religious institutions such as houses of worship that mainly serve and employ
members of their own faith, but not schools, hospitals and charitable
organizations that employ people of all faiths.
As a compromise, the
administration agreed to an accommodation for non-profits affiliated with
religious entities that was finalized in July.
Under the accommodation, eligible
non-profits have to provide a "self certification" - described by one
lower court judge as a "permission slip" - that authorizes the
insurance companies to provide the coverage. The challengers say that step
alone is enough to violate their religious rights.
In separate cases, the Supreme
Court already has agreed to hear oral arguments on whether for-profit
corporations have the basis to object to the contraception mandate on religious
grounds. The court is due to hear the arguments in March and decide the two
consolidated cases by the end of June.
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