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Maryland Catholics Hear Birth Control Ruling Won't Apply.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, March, 2004
By Marguerite Higgins, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 3--Roman Catholic organizations in Maryland will not be forced to provide health insurance that covers contraceptives in the wake of a California Supreme Court ruling because Maryland law has broader exemptions for religious groups.
The California Supreme Court ruled 6-1 Monday that a Catholic charity must provide employees with birth control coverage regardless of the church's opposition to contraception.
The court said religious employers like churches could be excused from the law, but not Catholic Charities because it operates like a normal business and offers secular services like low-income housing and counseling to people of all faiths....
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