HHS Mandate Heads to Supremes | National Catholic Reporter

HHS Mandate Heads to Supremes | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB:  This was expected - given that there is federal precident supporting exactly the same law as passed in New York.  Indeed, it is hoped that the arguments will include the fact that contraceptive coverage has been included in all preventative health insurance policies since December 2000.  This case is really much ado about nothing at all - it was an entirely political fight.  I hope that the Court does not glorify that fight nor use it as an opening to relitigate Roe v. Wade or even Griswold v. Connecticut.  I still maintain that because health insurance is a mandatory program, that employers attempting to interfere with contraception use by their employees is equivalent to having the state do it - which is forbidden. An individual employee right of privacy is more important than the group rights of Churches.  Any other conclusion sets equal protection jursidprudence, especially regarding sex, on its head.