The DC appeals court – second most powerful in the USA next to the Supreme Court – struck down the Obamacare CONTRACEPTIVE mandate mainly on religious freedom grounds. AAPLOG was an amicus; The Breast Cancer Prevention Institute’s amicus was also cited when balancing the alleged health benefits of oral contraceptives with the risks:
“Equally unconvincing is the government’s assertion that the mandate averts ‘negative health consequences for both the woman and the developing fetus.’ From the outset, we note the science is debatable and may actually undermine the government’s cause. For the potential mother, as one amicus notes, the World Health Organization classifies certain oral contraceptives as carcinogens, marked by an increased risk for breast, cervical, and liver cancers. Br. of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, at 8–9. On the other hand, the contraceptives at issue have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, supported by research touting their benefits. See Op. of Edwards, J., at 30.This tug-of-war gives us pause because the government has neither acknowledged nor resolved these contradictory claims”