Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rollback
Sunday, December 17, 2017 | Tag Cloud Tags: News, PLO, religion, Trump, Worthy News | Learn about our FREE SYNDICATION Service | Sign up for our Worthy Briefs!
(Worthy News) – A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s move to roll back an Affordable Health Care provision requiring employers to provide coverage for birth control.
Under the new rule, companies and insurers may cite a moral or religious objection in order to opt out of the Obama-era federal rule requiring birth control be covered for free for all women.
The Trump administration cited support of freedom of religion when announcing the rollback in October. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]
Fair Use Notice:This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.