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Trump\u2019s new \u201creligious freedom\u201d executive order allows employers to deny contraception coverage if the employer claims a moral or religious objection, opening the floodgates to discrimination in the name of religion. <\/span>Submit a <\/b>public comment to HHS through the ACLU<\/b><\/span><\/a>, and send a message to health insurers through <\/b>Ultraviolet\u2019s petition<\/b>.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.89″ background_layout=”light”]<\/p>\n Health Care, Reproductive Rights & Disability Rights Working Group<\/a> C2A<\/strong><\/p>\n Last week the Trump administration moved to expand the rights of employers to <\/span>deny women insurance coverage for contraception<\/span><\/a> with a \u201creligious freedom\u201d executive order that could also erode civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. The new rules roll back an ACA requirement that employers must include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans. Now any employer can be exempt from the requirement if they claim an objection on moral or religious grounds. More than <\/span>55 million women have access to birth control<\/span><\/a> without co-payments because of the ACA mandate. Under the new regulations, hundreds of thousands of women could lose those benefits. <\/span>The ACLU and attorneys general from several states have filed lawsuits<\/span><\/a> to block the new rules on the grounds that they violate the 1st Amendment, which bars government action \u201crespecting an establishment of religion.\u201d Maine\u2019s AG Janet Mills has joined 17 other attorneys general to warn the administration that legal action will be forthcoming. 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<\/b>Trump\u2019s new \u201creligious freedom\u201d executive order allows employers to deny contraception coverage if the employer claims a moral or religious objection, opening the floodgates to discrimination in the name of religion. <\/span>Submit a <\/b>public comment to HHS through the ACLU<\/b><\/a>, and send a message to health insurers through <\/b>Ultraviolet\u2019s petition<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>
<\/b>Last week the Trump administration moved to expand the rights of employers to <\/span>deny women insurance coverage for contraception<\/span><\/a> with a \u201creligious freedom\u201d executive order that could also erode civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. The new rules roll back an ACA requirement that employers must include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans. Now any employer can be exempt from the requirement if they claim an objection on moral or religious grounds. More than <\/span>55 million women have access to birth control<\/span><\/a> without co-payments because of the ACA mandate. Under the new regulations, hundreds of thousands of women could lose those benefits. Several lawsuits have been filed to block the new rules on the grounds that they violate the 1st Amendment, which bars government action \u201crespecting an establishment of religion.\u201d The new rules must now go through a period of public comment.<\/span><\/p>