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WASHINGTON 鈥� A federal court ruled today that nonprofit employees must be able to access contraceptive coverage despite their employer鈥檚 religious beliefs. The plaintiffs, including non-profit Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, claimed they shouldn鈥檛 have to comply with the Affordable Care Act.

鈥淭he court鈥檚 opinion is a huge victory for women. The judges correctly held that the religious beliefs of an employer cannot not be used to prevent their employees from having health insurance coverage for contraception,鈥� said Brigitte Amiri, senior staff attorney for the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 Reproductive Freedom Project. 鈥淩eligious liberty is a fundamental value, and one that we fight for here at the 老澳门开奖结果. But religious freedom doesn鈥檛 give the plaintiffs in these cases the right to discriminate against their female employees.鈥�

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit found that the religious accommodation in the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 contraceptive rule imposed no substantial burden on the plaintiffs鈥� religious freedom. This accommodation allows nonprofits that refuse to follow the law requiring employee contraceptive coverage to notify their insurers or the government 鈥� which will in turn notify the insurer 鈥� of their objection. The insurer must then arrange and pay for the employee鈥檚 contraceptive coverage separately.

All six appeals courts to consider challenges from nonprofit organizations have found that the accommodation poses no substantial burden on the nonprofits鈥� religion.

For more 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 friend of the court brief in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Sebelius:
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