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August 25, 2014

Groups lash out at new opt-out rules for HHS mandate

A demonstrator in support of the federal contraceptive mandate chants outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in reaction to Hobby Lobby ruling June 30. In separate action, the court kicked back to the lower courts half a dozen cases involving Catho lic-owned businesses' disagreements over health care law.

WASHINGTON - Pro-life groups that have battled with the federal government since the first rules were issued on contraceptive coverage in 2012 derided the government's latest rules allowing religious institutions -- and potentially some for-profit companies -- to opt out of the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

Published in International