The Supreme Court of the United States Friday agreed to hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate. It’s the fourth time a provision of the ACA will be considered by the Supreme Court and follows the controversial ruling in last year’s closely watched Hobby Lobby case.
The ACA exempts houses of worship from having to provide contraceptives if they have a religious objection to birth control and the Supreme Court’s June 2014 ruling in Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby gave “closely held” private companies the same opportunity. The Obama administration has since released a compromise arrangement which allows employers opposed to some or all kinds of birth control to state their religious objections and turn the coverage of birth control over to the insurer without the religious groups’ involvement.
