Religious Non-Profits Challenge Exemption to Affordable Care Act's Contraception Rule

The Salt Lake Tribune/AP:  Religious nonprofits challenge birth-control coverage in health law. by Kristen Wyatt:

Faith-based nonprofit organizations that object to covering birth control in their employee health plans are in federal court Monday to challenge a birth-control compromise they say still compels them to violate their religious beliefs.

The plaintiffs include a group of Colorado nuns and four Christian colleges in Oklahoma. They are already exempt from covering contraceptives under the federal health care law.

But they say the exemption doesn’t go far enough because they must sign away the coverage to another party, making them feel complicit in providing the contraceptives. . . .