9th Circuit Keeps ACA Contraceptive Rules Injunction In Place

Mealey's (October 23, 2019, 1:31 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Rules expanding religious and moral exemptions to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate overstep the law’s reach, and a federal judge properly granted a preliminary injunction, a majority of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Oct. 22 (State of California, et al. v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, et al., No. 19-15072, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 31389)....