Washington, DC
Little Sisters appeal against contraceptive mandate
The Little Sisters of the Poor have filed a petition with the Supreme Court, asking yet again to be protected from the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act, which requires them to include coverage of contraceptives in their employee health plans or pay hefty fines.
In 2016 the Supreme Court granted them a religious exemption, and a year later President Trump issued an executive order to the Department of Health and Human Services to write a comprehensive exemption. Several states, however, challenged it. Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial (pictured), said she hoped the order “will soon be able to keep our focus on the elderly poor”.
