The requirementThe Affordable Care Act requires many group health plans and health insurers that offer health coverage to provide coverage for contraceptives, without cost sharing. The accommodation means that plan participants will still receive the coverage, but indirectly through the employer's health insurance company. Francisco argued in court papers that the accommodation still makes some entities feel complicit in providing contraceptive coverage to their employees. "RFRA imposes a duty on agencies to avoid implementing federal law in a manner that imposes substantial burdens on religious exercise unnecessarily," Francisco said. But Pennsylvania's Attorney General Josh Shapiro, joined by New Jersey's attorney general, told the Supreme Court that the lower court got it right.

Source: CNN May 06, 2020 09:35 UTC