A federal judge in Pennsylvania issued a nationwide injunction on Monday preventing the enforcement of rules allowing employers to deny women health insurance including contraceptive coverage based on moral or religious reasons.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) currently has a requirement detailing that employers must provide their employees with birth control coverage in offered health insurance plans. The ACA goes on further to require group plans and insurances to cover women’s preventative care and screenings.
Under the Trump Administration, the Department of Health & Human Service (HHS) issued two final rules that provided exemptions to employers of the ACA’s mandate due to religious or moral obligations.