Intervenors Tell 9th Circuit Standing Lacking In ACA Birth Control Rules Case

(April 12, 2018, 2:41 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — California and other states lack standing to challenge interim final rules expanding the scope of religious and moral exclusions to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate, two intervenors in the case tell the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal in April 9 briefs (California, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., Nos. 18-15144, 18-15166, 18-15255, 9th Cir.)....