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Birth control suits fill dockets

Issue seen rising to U.S. high court

Posted: January 27, 2013 at 4:53 a.m.

In a flood of lawsuits, Roman Catholics, evangelicals and Mennonites are challenging a provision in the new health-care law that requires employers to cover birth control in employee health plans — a high-stakes clash between religious freedom and health-care access that appears headed to the Supreme Court.

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