The 2014 U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of Hobby Lobby’s challenge to Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate continues to affect the legal landscape. Last week, a federal court judge ruled in favor of a similar objection from the Catholic Benefits Association (CBA), awarding the group $718,000 in legal costs.

The association was among plaintiffs who challenged a regulation requiring them to provide health plans that included coverage of sterilization and contraceptives, including abortion-inducing drugs. 

The CBA filed lawsuits in 2013 and 2014. It said the Department of Health and Human Services was trying to force its members—more than 1,000 Catholic hospitals, colleges, and other institutions—to violate their moral teachings.

“Failure to comply with these morally objectionable mandates carried crushing fines which, in the case of CBA’s membership, were estimated to be as much as $19 billion,” said a CBA statement issued after the ruling.

The association’s CEO, Doug Wilson, told the Catholic News Agency that while it was gratifying to reach a satisfying conclusion in this case, there is much more to be addressed. He mentioned such issues as regulations attempting to coerce immoral actions like transgender transitions, and clinical trials involving embryonic stem cells.