A divided appeals court panel sided with Ohio business owners who challenged the birth-control mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The owners of Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney, Ohio, said the mandate to provide contraceptive coverage would force them to violate their Roman Catholic beliefs. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is one of several conflicting decisions on the birth-control issue, which likely will be resolved by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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