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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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Foreword
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Inside the Court
Immigration Action, Abortion, and Health Care Reform on the Docket
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Evenwel v. Abbott
The Court Rules That States May Draw Legislative Districts Based on Total Population
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The Hobby Lobby Precedent
The Court’s First Look at Contraceptive Coverage in the Affordable Care Act
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Lower Court Holding in Geneva College v. Burwell
Decision of the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
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Pro & Con
Does the Affordable Care Act’s Contraceptive Coverage Accommodation for Religious-Affiliated Organizations Violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?