Judge Wendy Beetlestone.
A federal judge has granted the federal government’s request for a stay of proceedings pending its appeal of an injunction against the Trump administration’s order easing the contraceptive coverage mandate under the Affordable Care Act.
In December, U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania halted the so-called “moral exemption rule” and the religious exemption rule, which allow employers to opt out of offering no-cost contraceptive coverage based on sincerely-held religious beliefs or moral convictions. She granted the government’s request for a stay Feb. 9.
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