Amici Parties Urge Reversal Of Injunction Barring ACA Birth-Control Rules

Mealey's (March 15, 2019, 2:11 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — Both the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) provide grounds for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to issue rules addressing constitutional issues in the contraceptive mandate, three amicus curiae parties tell the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Feb. 22 briefs (Pennsylvania, et al. v. President, United States of America, et al., Nos. 17-3752, 18-1253,19-1129, 19-1189, 3rd Cir.)....