January 19, 2021
A Massachusetts federal judge has ruled that the state can't block a pair of Trump administration rules expanding the religious exemption to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, finding that the exemptions don't run afoul of the U.S. Constitution or federal statutes in light of the high court's recent Little Sisters ruling.
September 26, 2019
A federal judge should find the Trump administration violated the Affordable Care Act by exempting employers from providing birth control coverage, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey said Thursday, defending a lawsuit that was revived by the First Circuit earlier this year.
March 12, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday rejected the state attorney general's challenge to the Trump administration's decision to let more employers deny women contraceptive coverage, saying Massachusetts may have hurt its own case by passing a law to reduce the decision's impact.
March 07, 2018
U.S. Department of Justice attorneys argued Wednesday for the demise of one of several lawsuits challenging a Trump administration rule allowing businesses to drop contraception coverage from employee health plans on moral grounds, saying it has failed to show any imminent harm in Massachusetts.
January 29, 2018
A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday refused to let a Christian college and an anti-abortion group intervene in the commonwealth's suit against Trump administration rules that dialed back the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate by allowing employers to claim religious or moral objections.