Obama administration drops appeals on three challenges to contraceptive mandate
September 05, 2014
The Obama administration has dropped its appeal on three lawsuits challenging the contraceptive mandate in the federal health-care program.
The three cases (Seneca v. Burwell, Armstrong v. Burwell, and Briscoe v. Burwell), were brought by for-profit companies challenging the mandate. Following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case, and the Obama administration’s introduction of new regulations governing the mandate, the Justice Department has decided not to pursue the cases.
“The administration was right to abandon its fight against the family businesses involved in these particular cases in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in June,” said Matt Bowman of Alliance Defending Freedom, a group which has provided legal representation for groups challenging the mandate.
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