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Charity Defies California Law on Contraception | Court to decide if state can require Catholic ministries to pay for birth control. (June 25, 2002)

The California Supreme Court decision is available online.

The Catholic Charities of California responded to the decision, saying their religious liberties were not supported.

The Salvation Army is facing a similar situation in New York City for not providing domestic partnership benefits to unmarried couples.

Articles elsewhere on the New York State Catholic Conference's opposition to the Women's Health and Wellness Act includes:

Legal battles over 'contraceptive equity' | For many women, it began as a simple question of gender equity. But it's evolved into a constitutional standoff over religious freedom that could go all the way to the Supreme Court. (The Christian Science Monitor, Dec. 04, 2003)

Who Decides? | New York's Catholic bishops are right to support the group of religious organizations as they appeal the alarming decision by Judge Dan Lamont that gives the state a huge say in the question of what is, and what is not, Catholic. (Catholic New York, Jan. 01, 2004)

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December 2004, Vol. 48, No. 12