Firm wins relief from state birth control mandate
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — A judge has granted an Illinois company temporary relief from a state requirement that its employee health insurance plan covers birth control.
DuPage County Circuit Court Judge Terence Sheen granted a temporary restraining order Tuesday in favor of the Oak Brook-based company, Triune Health Group.
The Thomas More Society, a nonprofit law firm, says it's the first state court ruling that says laws protecting religious freedom pre-empt the state's contraception mandate for health insurance.
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