A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration effort to end the Obamacare requirement of coverage for birth control under group health insurance plans, but the ruling applies in only 13 states where Democratic attorneys general have gone to court on behalf of women's reproductive health.
The New York Times editorial board has publisheda series of essays on women's medical rights and the fallout on women from the anti-abortion movements efforts to establish "personhood" at conception. An Arkansas case leads the package of articles.
The Trump administration is moving forward with a new rule that will allow employers not to provide coverage under group health policies for contraception such as birth control pills.
A New York Times writer outlines in detail all the ways the Trump administration is damaging women's medical rights, particularly including contraception.
The good news is a drop in teen pregnancy. The bad news is that Arkansas remains a leader in this statistic as well as in the somewhat related statistic of child marriages.
A vitally important case was heard today by the U.S. Supreme Court. In short, the wrong decision will allow people use a pretext of religion to abridge the rights of others in using group health insurance to pay for contraception.