Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor issues injunction against HHS mandate for Catholic nuns

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor issues injunction against HHS mandate for Catholic nuns

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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 2, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what is being seen as another blow for the Affordable Care Act's abortion and contraception mandate, this week the United States Supreme Court issued an injunction blocking enforcement of the mandate, this time to protect a group of Catholic nuns.

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued the injunction the day before the mandate would have forced the abstinent, largely elderly Little Sisters of the Poor to offer the abortion and contraception coverage.

The mandate took effect on January 1, 2014 for religiously-affiliated organizations like the Little Sisters.

The Supreme Court is also currently considering challenges to the mandate from Hobby Lobby and Conestaga Wood, for-profit businesses whose owners claim the mandate violates their religious and conscience freedoms.

The Obama administration has until Friday at 10 a.m. to challenge the injunction, which could send the case back down to the 10th Circuit Court