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September 1, 2015

Judge Sides with Anti-Choice Group Opposed to Birth Control 
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In the United States, a federal judge has ruled in favor of an
anti-choice group that objected to including contraception in employee
health plans, handing down what the website Think Progress called "the
wackiest anti-birth control court decision to date." Judge Richard
Leon's ruling goes far beyond the Supreme Court's decision in the Hobby
Lobby case, which allowed most private companies to refuse to provide
birth control coverage to employees if they claim religious objections.
The anti-choice group March for Life filed suit last year, saying they
objected to the birth control mandate on secular, not religious,
grounds. The Obama administration is likely to appeal the judge's
decision to side with the group.

 

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