Washington AG files lawsuit against Trump for rollback of birth control mandate
Source: The Hill
Washingtons attorney general announced Monday he would sue President Trumps administration over its rollback of an ObamaCare requirement that employers include birth control coverage in their health insurance plans.
President Trumps contraception rules are unfair, unlawful, and unconstitutional, Attorney General Bob Ferguson (D) said in a statement. I refuse to let President Trump disregard our laws and our constitution in an effort to deny women access to contraception.
Ferguson alleges that the new rules, announced last week by Trump administration officials, violate the First Amendment by requiring individuals to bear the burdens of religions to which they do not belong, as well as the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
The attorney general also says the new rules violate provisions of the Civil Rights Act.
The Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination against women based on sex or the capacity to be pregnant, the statement read. The rules result in women having less access to reproductive health care, which is discrimination based on their gender.
Ferguson filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and is seeking an injunction preventing the implementation of the new rules.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/354635-washington-ag-files-lawsuit-against-trump-for-rollback-of-birth-control
onetexan
(13,041 posts)duhneece
(4,113 posts)Our poor state needs this and we don't need or want any religion to dictate women's health care needs.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)MA AG Maura Healy is also filing a lawsuit against him for this.
KT2000
(20,581 posts)he is so alert and quick on the job.