Supreme Court mulls taking health law contraception case

Nov 27 2013

The justices could announce as early as Tuesday whether they will review provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring employers of a certain size to offer insurance coverage for birth control and other reproductive health services without a co-pay. The owners of more than three dozen for-profit companies have argued that complying with that provision would violate their religious beliefs.

The Associated Press: Supreme Court Weighs New Health Law Dispute
President Barack Obama's health care law is headed for a new Supreme Court showdown over companies' religious objections to the law's birth-control mandate. Amid the troubled rollout of the health law, and 17 months after the justices upheld it, the Obama administration is defending a provision that requires most employers that offer health insurance to their workers to provide a range of preventive health benefits, including contraception. ... The high court could announce its decision whether to take up the topic as early as Tuesday, following its closed-door meeting (Sherman, 11/26).

CNN: Supreme Court Poised To Take Up Obamacare Contraception Case
The high-stakes fight over implementing parts of the troubled health care reform law could soon move to the U.S. Supreme Court, in a constitutional dispute over coverage for contraceptives and "religious liberty." The justices could announce Tuesday whether they will review provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring employers of a certain size to offer insurance coverage for birth control and other reproductive health services, without a co-pay (Mears, 11/26).