Religious Freedom Restoration Act Archives

9 Jul 2020 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Court Upholds Birth Control Exclusion for Religious Organizations Under ACA

While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required employers to provide coverage for contraceptives, the Government issued rules exempting religious employers from that mandate. After subsequent rulings by the Supreme Court on claims that the rules violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, the Government issued new rules expanding the exemption ... Read More

TAGGED: First Amendment, Administrative Procedure Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Free Exercise Clause, In Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Chevron defense