Years ago, the Obama administration mandated that employers subsidize the provision of contraceptives, including abortifacient drugs, to their employees under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare. The Little Sisters of the Poor, a Catholic institution that provides support for the elderly poor, refused to comply, as did other religious employers, sparking years of litigation.

The US Supreme Court sided 7-2 with the Little Sisters in 2020, upholding a rule from the first Trump administration that had exempted such religious institutions from the mandate. But left-wing states refused to accept defeat, keeping the nuns in court for years. Last August, a federal district court in Philadelphia sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey against the Little Sisters.

On July 6, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty announced its attorneys would be representing the Little Sisters before the Third Circuit the following day.

"The 14-year legal crusade against the Little Sisters has been needless, grotesque, and un-American," Becket president Mark Rienzi said. "The States have no business trying to take away the Little Sisters' federal civil rights. The Third Circuit should toss the States' lawsuit into the dustbin of history and uphold the protection the Little Sisters already won at the Supreme Court ... twice."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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