DC District Court Rules Pro-Life Group Cannot Be Mandated To Provide Birth Control
March for Life v Burwell, DCDC 14-cv-01149 (31 Aug 2015), Doc 30, OPINION
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CONCLUSION For all the foregoing reasons, the Court GRANTS in part plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment. Specifically, the Court GRANTS plaintiffs' Motion as to plaintiffs' First Claim for Relief under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment, their Second Claim for Relief under the RFRA, and their Fourth Claim for Relief under the Administrative Procedure Act, but DENIES their Motion as to plaintiffs' Third Claim for Relief under the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. The Court further GRANTS defendants' Motion to Dismiss as to plaintiffs' Third Claim for Relief, but DENIES the remainder of defendants' Motion to Dismiss, or in the Alternative, for Summary Judgment, as to plaintiffs' First, Second, and Fourth Claims for Relief. Defendants are hereby permanently ENJOINED from enforcing against plaintiff March for Life, its health insurance issuer, and the insurance issuer(s) of employee plaintiffs Jeanne Monahan and/or Bethany Goodman, the statutes and regulations requiring a health insurance issuer to include contraceptive coverage in plaintiffs' health insurance plans. An Order consistent with this decision accompanies this Memorandum Opinion.
Richard J. Leon
United States District Judge
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March for Life v. Burwell by joshblackman