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Little Sisters of the Poor
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Religious freedom

What’s going on with the Little Sisters of the Poor and the HHS mandate?

Here’s an explainer on the latest in the Little Sisters’ case.

Michelle La Rosa
Aug 15, 2025
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The Little Sisters of the Poor made headlines this week, as a district court struck down a federal rule allowing religious exemptions to the HHS contraception mandate.

If that seems like news you’ve read before, that’s probably because the Little Sisters have been fighting the HHS mandate for more than a decade now, in a battle that has reached the Supre…

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