A federal district court in Philadelphia has sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in their ongoing effort to require the Little Sisters of the Poor (a Catholic order serving the elderly poor) to include abortion-causing drugs and contraceptives in their employee health plan or face massive fines.
The ruling undermines protections the Little Sisters won at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2020 in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.
The nuns, who have fought the federal contraceptive mandate for over a decade, have vowed to appeal to the Third Circuit.
“We will continue to fight for the right to carry out our mission without violating our faith,” said Mother Loraine Marie Maguire.
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