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Denver court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor in contraception coverage case

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July 15, 2015, FOX News

Mark Rienzi, senior counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and the lead attorney for the nuns, said there have been “untold millions of people” who have gotten contraceptives without involving nuns and that there was “no reason the government cannot run its programs without hijacking the Little Sisters and their health plan.”

The group that brought the lawsuit on behalf of the nuns and religious schools, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, said in a statement that it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

“There is no reason the government cannot run its programs without hijacking the Little Sisters and their health plan,” Becket Fund lawyer Mark Rienzi said in a statement.