Attorney General Chris Koster says he won't appeal a federal court ruling striking down a Missouri law that exempted moral objectors from an insurance requirement to cover birth control.
But Koster does want a judge to revise the ruling, so that religious institutions can receive the same exceptions they currently have under federal law.
At issue is a law enacted by Missouri's Republican-led Legislature last year that requires insurers to issue policies without contraception coverage if people or employers assert that birth control violates their "moral, ethical or religious beliefs."
A judge ruled last month that the Missouri law conflicted with an insurance requirement under President Barack Obama's health care law.
Koster, a Democrat, said Thursday that the Republican-backed bill "is just plain foolish.
