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.
