Judge: Massachusetts Can’t Get ACA Contraceptive Mandate Exemption Rules Tossed

Mealey's (January 20, 2021, 2:03 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The government considered and rejected other means of protecting rights when it implemented rules exempting religious and moral objectors from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate, and the rules do not violate constitutional protections, a federal judge in Massachusetts said in granting summary judgment for the defendants and denying it for the state plaintiff on Jan. 15 and entering judgment Jan. 19....