On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave a green light to the Trump administration’s rules allowing employers to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control on moral or religious grounds. Unfortunately, that’s no surprise. The Republican Party has long opposed the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act, requiring coverage for birth control, and Republican leaders including President Trump have made it a priority to stack federal courts with judges hostile to social progress and ready to assert control over the bodies of women.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court gave a green light to the Trump administration’s rules allowing employers to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control on moral or religious grounds. Unfortunately, that’s no surprise. The Republican Party has long opposed the birth control benefit in the Affordable Care Act, requiring coverage for birth control, and Republican leaders including President Trump have made it a priority to stack federal courts with judges hostile to social progress and ready to assert control over the bodies of women.
