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The RBF/ACLU represents a group of thirty (30) physicians as amicus curiae in a case before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals challenging a previous State of Illinois policy excluding coverage of contraceptives as part of the State’s insurance plan.
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The federal district court, in a ruling counter to findings in many other courts and the EEOC, found ruled that contraceptive coverage could be lawfully excluded from the state insurance plan. Our brief on behalf of the physicians’ group sets forth the importance of contraception as an essential component of women’s health care and as critical to the ability of women to play an equal role in professional, academic and social aspects of society. The case remains pending before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where we hope the district court’s ruling will be reversed.
