10th Circuit Doesn’t Agree with ACA Rule on For-Profit Religious Organization Exemptions

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. et al. v. Sebelius et al.
June 27, 2013
The plaintiff in Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. et al. v. Sebelius et al. operates 525 retail stores across the country and employs more than 13,000 full-time workers. The family which owns the Oklahoma-based company says having to provide coverage for the morning-after pill and similar contraceptives, which they regard as tantamount to abortion, violates their Christian beliefs.

The 10th Circuit found that the for-profit employer may be entitled to an exemption …

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