Updated at 12:06 p.m. ET A closely divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving Trump administration rules that would allow
Updated at 12:06 p.m. ET
A closely divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving Trump administration rules that would allow employers who claim a religious or moral objection to opt out of providing free birth control in their health care plans.
The rule significantly cuts back on access to birth control under the Obama-era Affordable Care Act, which sought to equalize preventive health care coverage for women and men by requiring employers to include free birth control in their plans.
In a question to Solicitor General Noel Francisco, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who participated in the argument from hospital in Baltimore, said the Trump administration had “tossed entirely to the wind what Congress considered to be essential, that women be provided this service, with no hassle and no cost to them.
