US High Court Sends Contraception Cases Back to Lower Courts

The U.S. Supreme Court avoided a major ruling Monday on a challenge by Christian nonprofit employers to a mandate under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, to provide female workers with health insurance covering birth control by sending the cases back to lower courts for further review. Ruling unanimously, the justices asked the lower courts to re-examine the issue. The High Court did not rule on the legal points of whether a 2013 accommodation determined by the Obama...

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