Birth control mandate opponents cheer Price pick

Published November 29, 2016 7:13pm ET



Several groups who have been fighting Obamacare’s birth control mandate are cheering President-elect Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

Repealing Obamacare is a top priority for Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress, but some groups think Price will start to dismantle the birth control mandate even before then. The mandate, which requires employers to fully cover birth control, sparked a major lawsuit from religious nonprofits such as universities and charities that fought the Obama administration over whether they could be exempted.

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