Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates May 2016 No. 5 Vol. 19
Contraceptive Coverage

Contraceptive Coverage

Religious Objections to the Affordable Care Act Mandate

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 requires employer-provided insurance to meet a base level of coverage for preventive services. In implementing the law, the Department of Health and Human Services interpreted this requirement to include some kinds of contraception and sterilization procedures for women offered at no cost to the insured. In 2013, several groups of organizations affiliated with churches that are morally opposed to certain types of contraception challenged a government-sanctioned accommodation that allows them to opt out of providing this coverage in their employee insurance pl…

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