(CN) — A Washington state church hit a dead end in its quest to exclude abortion coverage from its employee insurance plans, after a Ninth Circuit panel determined Monday that the challenged state laws don’t specifically target religious conduct.
“The Parity Act does not coerce plaintiff into providing coverage for abortion services in its group health plan,” wrote U.S. Circuit Judge Susan P. Graber, a Bill Clinton appointee. “The reason for that conclusion is simple: the conscience statute’s plain text protects plaintiff from being required to ‘purchase coverage’ for any health care service to which it objects on religious grounds.”
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