Supreme Court approves Trump plan to limit Obamacare contraceptive coverage [View all]

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-okays-trump-plan-limit-contraceptive-coverage-n1232339

Supreme Court approves Trump plan to limit Obamacare contraceptive coverage
July 8, 2020, 9:14 AM CDT / Updated July 8, 2020, 9:16 AM CDT
By Pete Williams

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for the Trump administration to give the nation's employers more leeway in refusing to provide free birth control for their workers.

The ruling was victory for the administration's plan to greatly expand the kinds of employers who can cite religious or moral objections in declining to include contraceptives in their health care plans. Up to 126,000 women nationwide would lose birth control coverage under the plan, the government estimated. Planned Parenthood said nearly nine in 10 women seek contraceptive care of some kind during their lifetimes.

Since Congress passed Obamacare in 2010, the issue of which employers can decline offer contraceptive coverage has remained highly controversial.

Houses of worship and their auxiliaries were originally given an exemption, and a later rule allowed some non-profit religiously affiliated employers an accommodation: They could opt out of directly providing the coverage, as long as they gave notice of their objection. Their insurer or the government would then pick up the cost of the coverage.

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Pdf of opinion is at
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-431_5i36.pdf