White House expands birth control exemptions for employers, schools
The new rules extend to institutions with religious or moral objections to providing insurance that covers contraception—but not to publicly traded businesses, government agencies, or government-funded health centers.
The Trump administration issued new rules it sees as “conscience protections for Americans who have a religious or moral objection to health insurance that covers contraception methods.”
The Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury Departments had released interim regulations last year for employers and educational institutions who did not want to pay for health insurance that includes birth control.
The finalized rules counter the efforts by the Obama administration to provide access to free contraception through a provision of the Affordable Care Act.
