SCOTUS rules in favor of those wanting to opt out of birth control coverage

The Supreme Court yesterday ruled in favor of a Trump administration regulation that allows employers with religious or moral objections to refuse to provide birth control coverage with no out-of-pocket costs to employees. Between 70,000 and 126,000 women could lose access to contraception in a year as a result of the 7-2 decision, according to previous government estimates. The Affordable Care Act in 2010 mandated that all employers provide coverage for birth control in their insurance plans, but several groups sued to be exempt from the mandate, and cases challenging the mandate have reached the Supreme Court twice before this most recent case. Yesterday's decision also hands a victory to the Catholic nonprofit Little Sisters of the Poor, which sued back in 2011 to be exempt from the ACA mandate.