Fifth Cir. to Decide on Nevada’s Entry Into Birth Control Case

An employer’s right, based on religious objections, to opt out of Obamacare’s requirement that employee health plans include coverage for birth control once again will be in front of a federal appeals court at oral argument Thursday.

But the question still may be left unresolved, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit first must decide if Nevada should have been allowed to join a lawsuit to defend the contraceptive mandate.

The contraceptive mandate has been one of the most litigated parts of the Affordable Care Act. The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on it several times, ...