Judge: State law on birth control at odds with federal mandate

Sunday, December 23, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A federal judge on Friday blocked a new Missouri law that requires insurers to exclude birth control coverage for moral objectors, ruling that it conflicts with an insurance mandate under President Barack Obama's health-care law.

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