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Administration backs high court review of contraception case

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is acknowledging that the Supreme Court should step into the latest battle over the president’s health law. At issue are claims from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that object to rules allowing them to opt out of covering contraceptives for women who are part of theirhealth plans. The…

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FILE - In this March 25, 2015, file photo, protestors one wearing a birth control pills costume participate in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama's health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Religion, birth control and the Obama health care overhaul are about to collide at the Supreme Court yet again. Faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral are battling the Obama administration over rules that allow them to opt out of covering the contraceptives for women that are among a range of preventive services that must be included in health plans at no extra cost. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
FILE – In this March 25, 2015, file photo, protestors one wearing a birth control pills costume participate in a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, as the court heard oral arguments in the challenges of President Barack Obama’s health care law requirement that businesses provide their female employees with health insurance that includes access to contraceptives. Religion, birth control and the Obama health care overhaul are about to collide at the Supreme Court yet again. Faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral are battling the Obama administration over rules that allow them to opt out of covering the contraceptives for women that are among a range of preventive services that must be included in health plans at no extra cost. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is acknowledging that the Supreme Court should step into the latest battle over the president’s health law.

At issue are claims from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that object to rules allowing them to opt out of covering contraceptives for women who are part of theirhealth plans.

The Justice Department says in a new court filing that the justices should resolve a dispute among lower courts.

The federal appeals court in St. Louis last month became the first to agree with the religious-oriented nonprofits, after seven other appellate panels sided with the administration.

The groups oppose some or all contraception as immoral. They say they remain complicit in providing government-approved contraceptives to women covered by their plans, though the organizations do not bear any financial cost.

 

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