By I. Glenn Cohen I have a new paper on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act, just published in the European peer-reviewed philosophy journal Ethical Perspectives. It is available for free download here. Here is the abstract: While NFIB v. Sebelius largely upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA), it did not do…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch For an excellent perspective on the legal challenges to the contraceptives coverage mandate being brought by for-profit, secular companies with religious owners, check out Bill Keller’s recent NYT op-ed. A brief snippet: “Also, courts tend to distinguish between laws that make you do something and laws that merely require a financial…
By Elizabeth Sepper It comes as no surprise that tonight the Catholic bishops rejected the White House’s attempts to bend over backward to accommodate religious objections to contraceptive coverage in health insurance plans. The administration’s rules first exempted religious groups. Now the proposed rules allow an even wider array of religiously affiliated employers—including hospitals, insurance…
By The Petrie-Flom Center Newly added: Remarks from Dean Martha Minow at 3:15 Wrap-up commentary from Kristin Madison, Northeastern Law, at 4:45
By Elizabeth Sepper Dr. Willie Parker is one of the few doctors in the United States who perform later-term abortions, up to 24 weeks. He is one of three who provide abortions at Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic. A Christian from the Deep South, Dr. Parker didn’t provide abortions for the first dozen years of his…
By The Petrie-Flom Center
By The Petrie-Flom Center
By Elizabeth Sepper Happy new year to all and thanks to the Bill of Health for the opportunity to blog this month! The first day of 2013 saw yet another ruling in the contraception coverage controversy. And yet another private corporation—this time a real estate management company owned by the billionaire founder of Domino’s pizza—won…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch Following up on Chris Robertson’s and Kevin Outterson’s posts below (here and here), I just wanted to draw your attention to another federal district court opinion on the contraceptives coverage mandate. This one is from Nov. 19 and involves the owners of Hobby Lobby. The court denied their motion for a…
By Holly Fernandez Lynch Well, hopefully we’ll know the fate of the ACA by tonight. But even if President Obama wins, there will still be uncertainty about the fate of the contraceptives coverage mandate. A number of employers claim that the mandate violates their rights to religious freedom by requiring them to offer free coverage…
