Victory for Nashville Dominicans, other Catholic entities against HHS mandate

April 29, 2015

Without comment, the United States Supreme Court has ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider its ruling that the Michigan Catholic Conference and other Catholic entities fall under the purview of the HHS mandate.

Plaintiffs in the case include the Michigan Catholic Conference, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Kalamazoo, the Catholic Diocese of Nashville, Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Camp Marymount, Inc., Mary, Queen Of Angels, Inc., St. Mary Villa, Inc., the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation (popularly known as the Nashville Dominicans), and Aquinas College in Tennessee.

“The government keeps making the same bad arguments and the Supreme Court keeps rejecting them – every single time,” said the Senior Counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. “This is because the government can obviously come up with ways to distribute contraceptives without the forced involvement of Catholic ministries.”

 

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Further information:

• Supreme Court Protects Religious Ministries For 6th Time From IRS Fines (Becket Fund)
• U.S. top court throws out Obamacare contraception ruling (Reuters)
• Appellate court decision