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Let's have tomorrows debate today! How do you feel about preventive health-care coverage?

Kennedy (formerly Becerra) v. Braidwood Management Inc.

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Preventive health-care coverage

What to know: A Christian-owned business and others are challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, that requires health plans to provide no-cost preventive care, such as cancer screenings, immunizations and contraception, to millions of Americans. The challengers say having to cover pre-exposure medications intended to prevent the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, encourages risky homosexual behavior that conflicts with their religious beliefs.

Key takeaways: At oral argument April 21, the justices seemed skeptical that members of the expert committee that set the preventive-care mandates were not properly appointed. The challengers argued that those members must be appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.

The Supreme Court is at the end of its term, with six final decisions expected Friday. The justices so far have allowed states to ban gender transition care for minors, lowered the standard for proving workplace discrimination for members of majority groups, and deadlocked on the legality of direct public funding for religious schools, among other issues.

Several major rulings will come on the last day, including whether to limit nationwide injunctions such as those blocking President Donald Trump’s ban on birthright citizenship, the legality of requiring age verification to access online porn, and whether parents can opt their children out of school lessons featuring books with LGBTQ+ themes.

Let's have tomorrows debate today! How do you feel about preventive health-care coverage?
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