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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

“Wheaton College ends coverage amid fight against birth control mandate”: The Chicago Tribune has a news update that begins, “Taking a firm stand against Obamacare’s controversial contraception mandate, Wheaton College on Friday will stop providing any health insurance for students.”

My most recent coverage of this matter can be accessed here. As the Seventh Circuit’s decision issued earlier this month explains, Wheaton College has argued that the Affordable Care Act makes Wheaton complicit in the provision of emergency-contraceptive coverage to its employees and students. Presumably Wheaton will still have employees, and thus its decision to exit the student health insurance market provides only a partial solution.

Posted at 12:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Dream Undone: Inside the 50-year campaign to roll back the Voting Rights Act.” Jim Rutenberg has this article online today at The New York Times Magazine.

Posted at 12:35 PM by Howard Bashman