WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Dec. 26 refused to block enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's mandate that profit-making companies begin providing free birth control for women workers on Jan. 1 ( Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. , No. 12A644, U.S Sup.).
Ruling on an application for...