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Supreme Court Backs Trump Administration Exemptions from Contraceptive
Mandate

Masood Farivar

   In a major victory for U.S. President Donald Trump, the Supreme Court
   on Wednesday upheld the administration's plan to exempt employers with
   a religious or moral objection from a mandate requiring them to provide
   free birth control coverage to their employees.

   The ruling weakens a key contraceptive coverage provision of the
   Affordable Care Act which has otherwise largely survived repeated legal
   and political challenges since its enactment 10 years ago. The health
   insurance plan created by the law is commonly known as Obamacare.
   According to government estimates, between 70,000 and 126,000 women
   could lose free employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a result of
   the ruling.

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