Title: Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania - Wikipedia
Headings: Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
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Content: Several states sued the government, and multiple Circuit Courts placed injunctions on the new rules as arbitrary and capricious and required by neither the ACA or the RFRA, violating the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). This case became a consolidation of two appeals from the injunction placed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Supreme Court ruled on July 8, 2020 in a 7–2 decision that the new rules were valid, as the associated departments had the authority to promulgate the exemptions, and that the process to put the rules in place did not violate the APA. Contents
1 Background
2 Supreme Court
3 References
4 External links
Background
Congressmember Debbie Lesko showing her support for the Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter in 2020. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed in 2010 under President Barack Obama. As passed, it included a contraceptive mandate established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), that all employers with the exclusion of churches and other non-profit religious groups must offer plans that include some coverage of contraceptive costs. This applied to religious schools and other for-profit organizations. The mandate led to the Supreme Court case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., where the Christian-based retail franchise Hobby Lobby argued that the mandate violated their free exercise of religion rights established by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and affirmed in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). The Supreme Court affirmed this in its 5–4 ruling, and instead created a temporary exemption that followed the same process used by non-profit religious groups, in which those religious organizations could send a special form to the HHS to state their objection. The HHS then would deal with the insurance agency to assure coverage for contraceptive insurance costs and deal directly with employees, thus eliminating the religious organization's involvement in the mandate.