Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, Colo. v. Burwell

794 F.3d 1151

LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR HOME FOR THE AGED, DENVER, COLORADO, a Colorado non-profit corporation;

Little Sisters of the Poor, Baltimore, Inc., a Maryland non-profit corporation, by themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated;

Christian Brothers Services, a New Mexico non-profit corporation;

Christian Brothers Employee Benefit Trust, Plaintiffs–Appellants
v.
Sylvia Mathews BURWELL, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;

United States Department of Health & Human Services;

Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor;

United States Department of Labor;

Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury;

United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants–Appellees.

Southern Nazarene University;

Oklahoma Wesleyan University;

Oklahoma Baptist University;

Mid–America Christian University;

Reaching Souls International, Inc., an Oklahoma not for profit corporation;

Truett–McConnell College, Inc., a Georgia nonprofit corporation, by themselves and on behalf of all others similarly situated;

GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention, a Texas nonprofit corporation, Plaintiffs–Appellees.
v.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services;

United States Department of Health & Human Services;

Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor;

United States Department of Labor;

Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury;

United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants–Appellants.

67 Catholic Theologians and Ethicists;

Alabama Physicians for Life;

American Association of Pro–Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists;

American Association of University Women;

American Bible Society;

American Center for Law and Justice;

American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado ;

American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma ;

American Civil Liberties Union;

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME);

American Public Health Association;

Americans United for Separation of Church and State;

Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum;

Asian Americans Advancing Justice AAJC;

Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles ;

Association of American Physicians & Surgeons;

Association of Christian Schools International;

Association of Gospel Rescue Missions;

Black Women's Health Imperative;

California Women's Law Center, National Women's Law Center;

California Women's Law Center ;

Catholic Medical Association;

Christian Legal Society;

Christian Medical Association;

Christie's Place;

Concerned Women for America;

Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.;

Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention;

Feminist Majority Foundation;

Forward Together;

HIV Law Project ;

Ibis Reproductive Health;

Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance and Christian Legal Society;

International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention ;

IPAS;

Legal Momentum;

Liberty Counsel;

Liberty University;

Liberty, Life, and Law Foundation;

Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod;

Merger Watch ;

Naral Pro–Choice America;

Naral Pro–Choice Colorado ;

Naral Pro–Choice Wyoming;

National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum;

National Association of Catholic Nurses;

National Association of Evangelicals;

National Association of Pro Life Nurses;

National Catholic Bioethics Center;

National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association ;

National Health Law Program;

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health ;

National Organization for Women (Now) Foundation;

National Partnership for Women and Families;

National Women and Aids Collective;

National Women's Health Network;

National Women's Law Center;

Planned Parenthood Association of Utah;

Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid–Missouri;

Planned Parenthood of the Heartland;

Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Inc.;

Population Connection;

Prison Fellowship Ministries;

Raising Women's Voices for the Health Care We Need;

Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ;

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS);

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary ;

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Amici Curiae.

Nos. 13–1540
14–6026
14–6028.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 14, 2015.