Catholic Charities Required To Provide Employees With Contraceptives Coverage:

On Monday, the California Supreme Court, in a 6-1 ruling, held that Catholic Charities does not have a constitutional right to an exemption from a state law requiring employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives. Use of contraceptives is, of course, against Catholic teachings. Justice Janice Brown, whose nomination to the D.C. Circuit has been stalled by Senate Democrats, wrote an excellent dissent. I discuss the case, focusing on Justice Brown’s dissent, in National Review Online today. Notre Dame law professor Rick Garnett has additional analysis at NRO.