A group of three male lawyers who serve as the sole employees of a nonreligious, anti-abortion organization failed in a bid to have their company fall under an exemption of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.

U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of Pennsylvania rejected Real Alternatives’ argument that the contraceptive mandate violates the company’s Fifth Amendment equal protection rights.

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