Trump rolls back free birth control

President Donald Trump is allowing more employers to opt out of providing nocost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules yesterday that take another step in rolling back the Obama health care law.

The new policy is a longexpected revision to federal rules that require most companies to cover birth control as preventive care for women, at no additional cost. Preventive services are supposed to be free of charge to employees and their dependents under former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.

Trump’s religious and moral exemption is expected to galvanize both his opponents and religious conservatives who back him, but it’s likely to have a limited impact on America’s largely secular workplaces. Most women no longer pay for birth control, and advocates immediately announced plans to try to block the new rule in court. Administration officials said the new policy takes effect right away.