Administration Points to Hobby Lobby Ruling in Wheaton College Case

AP

WASHINGTON—In the latest battle over the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration Wednesday cited the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling to buttress the claim it has offered religious nonprofits an acceptable compromise to opt out of contraceptive coverage in employee health plans. U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli made the arguments in a Wednesday filing involving Wheaton College, a Christian institution in Illinois, that is seeking to avoid complying with the contraceptive-coverage alternative while litigation over its challenge continues in lower courts.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/07/02/administration-points-to-hobby-lobby-ruling-in-wheaton-college-case/?mod=WSJBlog

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