HHS mandate

Thirteen state attorneys general are urging the federal government to broaden religious exemptions for private businesses under the White House's contraception mandate, claiming the policy violates religious freedoms.

Hobby Lobby's legal battle against the federal government's abortion/contraceptive mandate received a boost March 29 when the full 10th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear the company's case.

In the ongoing battle between the Obama administration and Protestant and Catholic business owners, another domino has fallen in favor of employers.

The CEO of an electric company in Florida has filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services over the "preventive services" mandate, making it the 50th such lawsuit filed against HHS.

Nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers have joined the legal fight against the Obamacare contraception mandate by formally backing arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby.

The announcement by the Obama administration that it was making changes to what is now referred to as the "contraception mandate" should not be allowed to pass without comment.

The nation's Catholic bishops on Thursday rejected the Obama administration's latest proposals to broaden accommodations for religious groups in regulations that require insurance companies or employers to provide free birth control coverage.

An appeals court has blocked enforcement of the Obama administration's abortion/contraceptive mandate against a Minnesota business, marking the 11th win by businesses or organizations against the controversial federal policy.

On Jan. 30, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction against the federal government's health insurance contraceptive mandate to Grote Industries, a Catholic-owned business, reversing a lower court's ruling that earlier dismissed the business' lawsuit.