The Little Sisters of the Poor will not have to provide birth control against their religious beliefs while their case against the Department of Health and Human Services works its way through the appeals court system, it was announced today.
In a short and unsigned order, the court said the Little Sisters of the Poor must simply inform the Obama administration that they are a religious organization that should be exempt from the requirement.
The court order says the nuns do not have to sign a government form to which they objected because they said it authorizes a third-party to provide the contraceptive coverage.
https://twitter.com/HobbyLobbyCase/status/426866872894496768
Big Procedural Victory for Little Sisters of the Poor http://t.co/kLHxhLJ5fG via @NRO
— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) January 24, 2014
SCOTUS sides with the Little Sisters of the Poor! Another nail in the legal coffin of the HHS mandate http://t.co/LybgJnVwDo
— Thomas Peters @ ? (@AmericanPapist) January 24, 2014
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Encouraging news from the @USSupremeCourt. I hope the Court will con't to uphold religious freedom. Agree? RT! http://t.co/0524KmDs4R
— Sean Duffy (@SeanDuffyWI) January 24, 2014
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@PatDollard This if FINE news. Holder picked on "The LIttle Sisters of the Poor" and go his behind handed to him. I LOVE IT!
— Marti Stapp (@MartiStapp) January 25, 2014
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Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards called the Little Sisters’ win a matter of paperwork rather than religious freedom.
#SCOTUS order today is about paperwork—case that could affect birth control for millions of women comes up in March: http://t.co/Io8fYqAGwU
— Cecile Richards (@CecileRichards) January 24, 2014
The Supreme Court will take up the issue of the birth control mandate in a related case in March.
https://twitter.com/DMisc06473/status/426899917521833984
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