Missouri lawmaker, wife ask court for contraception insurance exclusion

c. 2014 St. Louis Post-Dispatch

ST. LOUIS (RNS) A family should have the same right as a small business to opt out of birth control coverage in its health care plan, the lawyer for a Missouri legislator argued Monday (September 8) before a federal appeals court.

Representative Paul Wieland (R., Imperial, Missouri), and his wife, Teresa, say the contraceptive benefit required by the Affordable Care Act violates their religious beliefs as Catholics and parents of three daughters.