Federal appeals court blocks birth control challenge

A small Christian college and two Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania have been adequately exempted by the Obama administration from paying for birth control coverage, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday.

Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit blocked a challenge brought by Geneva College and the dioceses of Pittsburgh and Erie. The groups argue that their religious freedom is being violated because they must fill out paperwork to get out of providing the coverage to their students and employees.