Trump administration scales back Obamacare birth control mandate, claims end to ‘attacks on religious liberty’

Published October 6, 2017 3:15pm ET



The Trump administration announced Friday that it will exempt employers from providing insurance coverage for contraception if it conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs, scaling back a rule created under the Obama administration.

The interim final rule was an outgrowth of Obamacare, which is written to give discretion to the Department of Health and Human Services to issue rules about what constitutes women’s preventive care, meaning that different administrations can reverse or change the rules.

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