Nonreligious anti-abortion organizations are not exempt from the Affordable Care Act’s mandate that their health insurers cover birth control in employees’ insurance plans, a federal appeals court has ruled.
On Aug. 4, a split three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that secular groups—even if their stance on abortion aligns with religious groups—are not entitled to religious exemption from the contraceptive mandate in the ACA, commonly known as Obamacare.