A federal appeals court Friday granted an emergency injunction request by an Illinois business to put brakes on the contraception coverage mandate of the federal healthcare law, which would have been enforced beginning Tuesday, Jan. 1.
Earlier last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied an injunction request by the owners of retail chain Hobby Lobby, who argued the mandate violated their religious beliefs by requiring them to pay for contraception in employees' health plans with no co-pays or cost to the beneficiaries. Justice Sotomayor said in a statement that the request did not meet sufficient criteria for an injunction, but noted that the mandate could potentially be ruled against in Court in 2013.
The motion for injunction was filed by the pro-life legal group The American Center for Law and Justice on behalf of Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, a 90-employee family owned construction contractor based in Highland, Ill. The motion was granted by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
Earlier last week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor denied an injunction request by the owners of retail chain Hobby Lobby, who argued the mandate violated their religious beliefs by requiring them to pay for contraception in employees' health plans with no co-pays or cost to the beneficiaries. Justice Sotomayor said in a statement that the request did not meet sufficient criteria for an injunction, but noted that the mandate could potentially be ruled against in Court in 2013.
The motion for injunction was filed by the pro-life legal group The American Center for Law and Justice on behalf of Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, a 90-employee family owned construction contractor based in Highland, Ill. The motion was granted by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.
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