A federal judge ruled Monday that employers need not citereligious objections to escape the Patient Protection andAffordable Care Act's contraception mandates.
The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, anappointee of President George W. Bush, came in response to a suitbrought by March for Life, an anti-abortion advocacy group. Leonargued in his decision that only exempting employers that citedreligious objections was a violation of the 14th amendment'sguarantee of equal protection under the law.
Like many of the religious groups that have objected to thecontraception mandate, March for Life opposes certain forms ofcontraception that it believes are equivalent to abortion, such asthe morning-after pill and intrauterine devices.
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