Soon after the the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that qualifying health insurance plans under the ACA would have to cover contraceptives and "morning after" pills. Many religious institutions — most notably the Roman Catholic Church — objected to being forced to fund products and procedures that offend their religious beliefs. This particular mandate may be among the less costly parts of the ACA — as we learned from the Sandra Fluke imbroglio, birth control is not that expensive — but it certainly struck a nerve and is the subject of much of the "second wave" of ACA litigation.
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