State of California, et al v. Alex Azar, II, et al

  1. January 29, 2019

    9th Circ. Allows Row Over ACA Birth Control Rules To Proceed

    A Ninth Circuit order that left intact but narrowed a block on the Trump administration's interim rules allowing employers to opt out of covering contraception is now open to challenge, with a panel lifting a stay that had postponed the parties' deadlines for seeking review amid the government shutdown.

  2. November 19, 2018

    States, Feds Debate Birth Control Mandate Row's Next Step

    A group of states is continuing its fight against Trump administration regulations that would allow companies to stop covering workers' birth control for religious or moral reasons, telling the Ninth Circuit Friday that a California federal judge should handle the lawsuit's next phase.

  3. October 19, 2018

    Gov't Asks 9th Circ. To Revive New Birth Control Rules

    The Trump administration asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to lift a nationwide ban on new rules that exempt employers with moral or religious objections from providing birth control coverage otherwise required by the Affordable Care Act, saying employers' First Amendment rights should trounce procedural requirements for passing the new regulations.

  4. August 17, 2018

    Nationwide Ban OK For Trump Birth Control Rules, States Say

    Five states challenging Trump administration rules exempting employers from providing health care coverage for birth control due to moral or religious objections said the Ninth Circuit could uphold a nationwide injunction on the policy, arguing a recent ruling ending a national bar on the president's sanctuary city policy didn't mean all broad injunctions must be scrapped.

  5. August 08, 2018

    Lift Block On Trump Birth Control Rules, Gov't Tells 9th Circ.

    The U.S. government has urged the Ninth Circuit to scrap a nationwide block on Trump administration rules that exempt employers with moral or religious objections from providing birth control coverage under the Affordable Care Act, pointing to the court's recent ruling in a dispute over so-called sanctuary cities. 

  6. May 30, 2018

    Groups Urge 9th Circ. To Keep ACA Birth Control Rules Halted

    Dozens of reproductive rights, civil liberties, gender equality, religious and health groups on Tuesday supported California, Delaware, Maryland, New York and Virginia in urging the Ninth Circuit to uphold a nationwide block on Trump administration rules permitting employers to claim religious or moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate.

  7. May 22, 2018

    9th Circ. Urged To Keep ACA Birth Control Rules Blocked

    The states of California, Delaware, Maryland, New York and Virginia told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that a California federal judge was right to block Trump administration rules letting employers forgo covering birth control under the Affordable Care Act by claiming moral or religious opposition to its use.

  8. April 18, 2018

    Catholic Group Asks 9th Circ. To Allow Birth Control Waiver

    A Catholic religious institute has asked the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal judge's decision to suspend the Trump administration's rules that permit employers to claim religious or moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate, saying the new rules fixed a law that hurt religious groups.