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Ninth Circuit revives church's lawsuit against law requiring healthcare plans cover abortion

Michael Gryboski   |   MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021


A federal appeals court has concluded that a church in Washington state has the right to sue over a state law requiring health insurers to cover abortions, partially overturning a lower court decision dismissing the case.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a unanimous decision last Thursday reviving the Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland's lawsuit against Gov. Jay Inslee and Washington Insurance Commissioner Myron Kreidler over a healthcare law known as Senate Bill 6219.

All three judges were appointed by former President George W. Bush.

The panel opinion concluded that Cedar Park “plausibly alleged that” the law forced the church's health insurer to stop "offering a plan with abortion coverage restrictions." The ruling argued that "Cedar Park could not procure comparable replacement coverage.”

https://www.christianpost.com/news/appeals-court-revives-church-lawsuit-over-abortion-healthcare-law.html



A small win from the newly rebranded Ninth Circuit.
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