New York Abortion Coverage Mandate To Go Before State’s Highest Court
The case echoes another years-long legal dispute when a group of nuns serving the elderly, the Little Sisters of the Poor, famously fought an Obama-era mandate that required employers to cover contraceptives.
Religious groups are heading to the New York Court of Appeals this week to fight against a state mandate requiring all employers that offer private insurance to provide abortion coverage.
The case, Diocese of Albany v. Harris, will be heard by the New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday in what has become a years-long legal saga as a coalition of churches, nuns, and Roman Catholic dioceses argue that a 2017 state regulation violates their religious freedom.
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