The following article by Amy Goldstein, Juliet Eilperin and WIlliam Wan was posted on the Washington Post website October 6, 2017:
The Trump administration is limiting the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate. Here’s what you need to know. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)
The Trump administration issued rules Friday that immediately carve broad exceptions to the Affordable Care Act’s promise of no-cost contraceptive coverage, touching off fresh lawsuits and renewed debate about the proper scope of religious liberty.
The rules significantly widen the range of employers and insurers that can invoke religious or moral beliefs to avoid the ACA requirement that birth control pills and other contraceptives be covered by insurance as part of preventive care. Administration officials and their allies on the right downplayed the impact of the change on American women, while women’s rights and civil liberties groups portrayed it as a massive, discriminatory act. Continue reading “Trump administration narrows Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate”