ACA Contraception Mandate Halted For Catholic Group

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor halted a birth control mandate for a Catholic group just before the end of 2013, after which it would have gone into effect.

In her order, Sotomayor said the government is temporarily prevented from enforcing contraceptive coverage requirements against the Denver-based group, Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, and must respond by 10 a.m. Friday.

Several organizations, including the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Catholic University and the Michigan Catholic Conference, had asked justices to block the law until their arguments were heard. Parts of the Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, go into effect on Wednesday.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.