U.S. Supreme Court Lets Private Companies Deny Birth Control Coverage to Employees

by Gary Kopycinski on June 30, 2014

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. In a 5-to-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today allowing private companies to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control under the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health provisions designed to greatly expand affordable health care services for all women in the U.S.