Since Trump’s 2018 rules took effect, private health plans and insurance companies have been able to exclude coverage of contraceptive services for objecting employers, as well as private colleges and universities — leaving many without access to free contraceptives. Read more at Politico
On Tuesday, a Texas judge ruled that Biden administration guidance asserting that doctors must perform abortions in emergencies — regardless of state bans — is illegitimate overreach and that the federal law underlying the guidance does not limit the state’s new trigger ban. A day later, an Idaho judge ruled just the opposite: that the state’s … Read more
Siding with the two groups of anti-abortion physicians as well as the state of Texas, Hendrix writes that the HHS guidance requiring physicians to act when the woman’s health is at risk is too generous. Read more at Talking Points Memo
