August 15, 2024
A Ninth Circuit judge asked Thursday how a church could be harmed by a Washington law requiring employee health plans to cover abortions, since none of its workers had ever actually sought one, while another judge asked if tossing the case would slam the door on religious objections.
July 25, 2023
A Washington state law mandating that employee health plans offering maternity coverage also cover abortion does not burden or target religion, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, tossing a church's lawsuit challenging the law on religious freedom grounds.
May 18, 2023
A Washington federal judge refused to scrap a church's lawsuit challenging a state law mandating that employee health plans cover abortion, saying the church has standing to pursue its case because it was unable to continue providing comparable coverage that aligned with its beliefs after the law took effect.