Catholic nuns aren’t known as an anxious bunch, but by now the Little Sisters of the Poor must be meditating with St. Augustine’s work “On Patience.” For seven years the sisters have fought ObamaCare’s contraception mandate, and on Wednesday they’ll be back in the Supreme Court.
To review: The Affordable Care Act requires insurance to cover women’s “preventive care,” which the Obama Administration said meant all manner of birth control. Churches were granted a full exemption, but not employers like the Little Sisters, a religious order that runs nursing homes for the poor. Although the government offered them an opt-out, it was a fig leaf, since the employer’s insurer still would have to cover the contraception.
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