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Contraception Coverage
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Compensation & Benefits Blog
Nationwide Injunction Halts Exemptions and Accommodations to the ACA Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
By Damian A. Myers, Annie (Chenxiaoyang) Zhang
On January 14, 2019, a district court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a nationwide preliminary injunction halting the application of final regulations governing religious and moral-based exemptions from…
Employee Benefits Blog
A Momentary Victory for the ACA: Federal Judge Issues a Nationwide Injunction against Trump Administration’s Contraceptive Coverage Carve Outs
By Megan Mardy, Jacob Mattinson, Judith Wethall
On January 14, 2019, US District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration’s carveouts…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Interim Final Rules Expand Contraceptive Coverage Exemption Based on Religious/Moral Beliefs
The Trump Administration has issued interim final rules to make it easier for employers and health insurance plans to qualify for an exemption from ACA rules mandating coverage of contraceptive…
Benefits Law Advisor
Exemption to ACA Contraceptive Mandate Extended to For-Profit Entities and Individuals
Exemption to ACA Contraceptive Mandate Extended to For-Profit Entities and Individuals Under the ACA, employers must provide plans that cover birth control and other preventative health services with no out-of-pocket…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
ACLU Sues to Halt Trump Administration Roll-Back of ACA’s Contraception Benefits
The ACLU filed suit yesterday in the Northern District of California challenging the Trump Administration's roll-back of the contraception benefit under the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit seeks declaratory and…
Not For Profit/Exempt Organizations Blog
UPDATE: President Trump Signs “Johnson Amendment” Executive Order Limiting Treasury’s Actions Against Religious Organizations Engaged in Political Campaign Activities
By Jo Habenicht, David S. Miller
Introduction On May 4, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that directs the executive branch to limit its enforcement of the “Johnson Amendment.” As previously reported, the Johnson Amendment…
The Right Coast
Proposed Trump Executive Order Could Curtail LGBT Rights – ABC News
The order which may never become administration policy, depending on internal deliberations would also free some private companies from being forced to provide contraceptive coverage as part of the health…
Benefits Law Advisor
Supreme Court Decides Not to Decide on Latest Challenge to ACA Contraceptive Coverage
The Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion remanded Zubik v. Burwell -- and the six cases consolidated with Zubik -- back to the Courts of Appeals to rule on the…
Benefits Law Advisor
Supreme Court Looks for ACA Contraceptive Coverage Compromise for Religious Nonprofits
Less than one week after hearing oral arguments on seven consolidated cases in which non-profit organizations challenged the opt-out process for religious organizations opposing the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Does Equal Protection Require Accommodation of Moral Conviction to Same Degree as Religious Belief?
In Anti-abortion Group Wins Case Against Obama, USA Today reports that United States District Court Judge Richard Leon of the District of Columbia has ruled that the “anti-abortion group March for…