Court Issues Ruling Forcing Catholic Nuns to Pay for Abortions

In a nationwide ruling against a Trump Administration religious conscience rule, a federal district court in Philadelphia today sided with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in their years-long effort to force the Little Sisters of the Poor—an order of Catholic nuns who care for the elderly poor—to either provide abortion and contraceptives in their healthcare plan or pay tens of millions of dollars in fines.

In Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, the Supreme Court in 2020 upheld a federal rule protecting the Little Sisters and other religious groups from the federal government’s contraceptive mandate. But Pennsylvania and New Jersey have continued to fight in court to strip the Little Sisters of that protection. ---More...