SCOTUS Poised to End Fight Over Obamacare Birth Control Rule

The U.S. Supreme Court will once again weigh in on a long-standing feud over Obamacare’s requirement that employer health plans pay for employees’ birth control, as it will review two Third Circuit decisions affirming an order blocking broad exemptions for employers with religious or moral objections.

The court’s decision on whether to uphold or reverse a nationwide preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Trump administration’s exemption rules will be consequential, attorneys well-versed in Affordable Care Act issues told Bloomberg Law. If upheld, the injunction ensures thousands of women retain access to cost-free contraception, Brigitte Amiri, Deputy Director of the ACLU’s ...