New York's Court of Appeals upholds a rule requiring health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions.

New York's top court upholds a rule requiring health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, rejecting a challenge from religious groups, including the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. The Court of Appeals ruled the regulation, adopted in 2017, does not impair religious groups' "right to free exercise of religion" under state and federal constitutions.

May 21, 2024
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