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In 2017, Becerra sued the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of Catholic nuns, over their religious exemption from the HHS contraceptive mandate, ultimately attempting to force the nuns to provide health care services contrary to their religious beliefs. Becerra spearheaded the four year case against the nuns but ultimately his argument was struck down in the courts. One Sister had this to say during the debacle, “We pray that the court will protect our ability to continue serving the elderly poor as we have for over 175 years without being forced to violate our faith.”