August 17, 2021
President Joe Biden's administration has quietly confirmed that it's considering changes to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate in the coming months, disclosing its plans in a regulatory filing posted Monday and a court notice lodged Tuesday in California federal court.
May 15, 2019
The federal government, a Catholic charity and an anti-abortion organization have argued in California federal court that Oregon shouldn't be included in the scope of an injunction blocking Trump administration carveouts to the Affordable Care Act's birth control mandate.
January 13, 2019
A California federal judge late Sunday barred the Trump administration from letting more employers in 13 states and Washington, D.C., invoke religious or moral objections to avoid an Affordable Care Act requirement to provide no-cost birth control to workers.
December 21, 2017
A California federal judge on Thursday dealt another setback to the Trump administration's rules permitting employers to claim religious or moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, ordering a temporary halt to their implementation less than a week after a federal judge in Pennsylvania did the same.
December 12, 2017
Five state attorneys general urged a California federal judge at a hearing Tuesday to block the Trump administration's proposed rules limiting access to birth control, arguing the rules violate the Affordable Care Act and will allow employers to unconstitutionally deny millions of women coverage for contraceptives by invoking religious beliefs.
November 02, 2017
Four state attorneys general signed on Thursday to a lawsuit in California federal court challenging Trump administration regulations allowing employers to dodge Affordable Care Act requirements to provide coverage for contraception under exemptions for religious or moral objections.