Dayton Daily News - Area Companies Get Injunction Against Feds’ Birth-Control Rule

By Dave Larsen, DaytonDailyNews.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday granted an injunction in favor of two Sidney-based companies and their owners, preventing the application of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ federal contraception mandate.

The mandate, part of the Affordable Care Act, was due to apply on Monday, when health plans for Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics of Sidney were to be renewed, said Edward White, senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, a Washington D.C.-based anti-abortion legal organization.

The ACLJ in January filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of company owners Francis and Philip Gilardi. The lawsuit contends the mandate violates constitutional and statutory rights by requiring the Gilardi brothers to provide health coverage including birth control for their nearly 400 full-time workers. . . .

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