Josh Shapiro should stop his lawfare against nuns

 By Washington Examiner

December 18, 2025 9:00 am

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) really doesn’t like it when people accuse him of suing nuns. The solution here is simple: He should stop fighting nuns in court.

The Little Sisters of the Poor, nine years after defeating the Obama administration in the Supreme Court over the contraception mandate, eight years after President Donald Trump issued an executive order codifying a religious and conscience exemption, are still in court over the mandate.

The reason: One activist liberal federal judge, and one Pennsylvania governor who tries to pose as a moderate Democrat.

On Monday, the Sisters appealed a federal court ruling against the Trump administration’s rule creating a religious and conscience exemption from President Barack Obama’s rule requiring nearly all employers, including orders of nuns, to arrange for their workers’ contraception and sterilization coverage.

Shapiro, along with the governor of New Jersey, is the opposing party in this case. Shapiro and the Democrats in Trenton could end this case if they wanted, and then nuns, Mennonite business owners, and religious minorities across America wouldn’t have to fight in court anymore for their conscience rights.

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