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Trump Rolls Back Obamacare Contraception Mandate

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Employers can claim religious or moral objection to providing birth-control coverage.

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The Trump administration announced Friday that it is rolling back a hotly disputed Affordable Care Act mandate that employers include coverage of birth-control with no co-payment in their health-care insurance, allowing employers to claim a religious or moral objection to the requirement. President Trump's conservative base has long opposed the requirement as an infringement on religious freedom. Several women’s health advocates have already promised lawsuits to stop the rollback, which takes effect immediately.

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