Religious Employers and Prescription Contraception Coverage

Predictably (at least in  my view), the Supreme Court declined to grant cert. in Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio.  Like a similar California case, which the Court also declined to review, the New York Court of Appeals had upheld the application of a state law requiring employers who provide any prescription coverage to also provide prescription contraception coverage to Catholic Charities.  The New York decision is here.  We've blogged here on Mirror of Justice on this issue in the past and I discuss the issue of requiring religious organizations to provide such coverage an article linked on the side bar.  (State Attempts to Define Religion: the Ramifications of Applying Mandatory Prescription Contraception Coverage Statutes to Religious Employers.)