The federal government is asking a judge to rule against Hobby Lobby, whose owners do not want to provide their employees with insurance coverage for “abortion-causing drugs and devices.”

Founder David Green and other owners of the Oklahoma City-based retail chain sued in September in federal court in Oklahoma City.

They are asking U.S. District Judge Joe Heaton to prevent the government from enforcing new health care rules on their business “and other individuals and organizations that object on religious grounds to providing insurance coverage for abortion-causing drugs and devices and related education and counseling.”

A hearing on a preliminary injunction request is set for Nov. 1.