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Little Sisters Of The Poor Home For The Aged V. Sebelius: Ramifications For Church Plans And Religious Nonprofits, Samantha T. Ford
Little Sisters Of The Poor Home For The Aged V. Sebelius: Ramifications For Church Plans And Religious Nonprofits, Samantha T. Ford
University of Colorado Law Review
The mandate for certain employers to provide contraceptive care as part of their employees' benefit plans established by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and pertinent regulations has been controversial and highly litigated since its passage in 2010. One party to this litigation, the Little Sisters of the Poor, finds the contraceptive care mandate to be in conflict with their fundamental religious beliefs. The Little Sisters also find PPACA's exceptions to the contraceptive care mandate for religious nonprofits to be inadequate in preventing the government from requiring the Little Sisters to violate their beliefs. Currently, the Little Sisters …