California challenges Trump's rollback of birth control mandate

Source: The Hill

California Attorney General Xavier Bercerra (D) on Friday filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's rollback of an Obama-era policy that required employers include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans.

“Donald Trump wants businesses and corporations to control family planning decisions rather than a woman in consultation with her doctor. These anti-women's health regulations prove once again that the Trump administration is willing to trample on people’s rights,” Becerra said in a statement.

“What group of Americans will they target next? Will they allow businesses to deny you cancer treatment? Will they exclude you from insurance coverage because of a pre-existing health condition? The California Department of Justice will fight to protect every woman’s right to healthcare, including reproductive healthcare. We'll see the Trump administration in court," he continued.

The lawsuit comes after the White House announced that all employers would no longer have to provide birth control to employees under their health insurance plans if the employers have religious objectives, or in the case of for-profit or non-profit employers "moral objectives," to the use of contraceptives.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/354341-california-challenges-trumps-rollback-of-birth-control-mandate