The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked for more information from both sides in a birth control case that involves Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula.

The Catholic college maintains that it should not have to include birth control in its insurance coverage because the mandate violates its religious beliefs. Thomas Aquinas is one of 35 co-plaintiffs in the case, Zubik v. Burwell.

Under the Affordable Care Act, employers must offer birth control in the health insurance they provide.

On Tuesday, the court asked both sides to address how the plaintiffs' employees could get birth control through their insurance coverage, but in a way that does not involve their employer.

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