U.S. asks top court not to extend Catholics' contraception exemption

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U.S. asks top court not to extend Catholics' contraception exemption

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-asks-supreme-court-not-extend-catholics-39-152704733--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ETUd1dTpg3FmGbQSWcI2cQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2014-01-01/ca297602-8f2d-42c1-b0e7-2fb89aeef7f5_RTR25OZA.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Sotomayor" align="left" title="Sotomayor" border="0" /></a>By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government asked the Supreme Court on Friday not to allow Roman Catholic-affiliated groups a temporary exemption from a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering contraception. On Tuesday night, Justice Sonia Sotomayor had granted a temporary injunction preventing the government from enforcing the so-called &quot;contraception mandate&quot; against the Little Sisters of the Poor and Christian Brothers Services while litigation continues. In its filing on Friday, the government said the groups have no legal basis to file the lawsuit because the insurance plan in question is a &quot;church plan,&quot; which the government has already acknowledged it cannot force to provide contraception coverage. Christian Brothers Services administers healthcare plans for Catholic organizations.</p><br clear="all"/>

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