November 2, 2012 – BDF is pleased to announce that a federal district court in Michigan ruled in favor of preliminarily enjoining the coercive HHS Mandate against a Catholic business owner and his business.
- In that case, BDF attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee filed an amicus brief along with LLDF in favor of the plaintiff business and the Legatus organization.
- Read about the ruling in this Reuters report.
October 12, 2012 – BDF attorneys and our co-counsel at LLDF also filed an amicus brief on behalf of Women Speak for Themselves in support of Belmont Abbey and Wheaton College. Read the brief outlining how the HHS completely ignored medical evidence of serious increased health risks when erroneously and coercively classifying hormonal contraceptives and abortifacient drugs as mandatory “women’s preventive healthcare.”
- Read our amicus brief in the Belmont Abbey case on behalf of Women Speak for Themselves.
- Read the Women Speak for Themselves press release.
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