Obamacare Birth Control Rule Opponents to Face Nevada’s Defense

Religious objectors to an Obamacare provision that requires health plans to pay in full for members’ birth control drugs and related services must face Nevada’s defense of the mandate, after the Fifth Circuit turned down their request for a rehearing.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit also denied en banc review of the case involving the state’s attempt to defend the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate, but the vote was very close—with eight judges voting in favor of hearing it and nine judges voting against.

Those voting for en banc review—Chief Judge Priscilla Richman and Judges Edith ...