Court orders review in Ohio birth control case

Published July 1, 2014 9:47pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered further review in a case involving Ohio business owners who challenged the birth control mandate under the new federal health care law, following its ruling that businesses can now lodge religious objections to the coverage.

The case involves two brothers, Francis and Philip M. Gilardi, who own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney, Ohio, and challenged the mandate on religious grounds. Last November, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of the brothers based on their individual right to object to the coverage for their 400 employees if it goes against their Catholic faith, not on a company’s right.

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