Posted on 02/03/2023 6:24:25 PM PST by marshmallow
Washington D.C., Jan 30, 2023 / 17:15 pm The Biden administration Monday announced a proposal to eliminate employers’ ability to object to the Obamacare contraceptives mandate on moral grounds.
This change only proposes rescinding the moral objection exemption, not the religious exemption. The 2020 Supreme Court case Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania guaranteed that religious employers objecting to contraceptives on religious grounds would not be forced to provide birth control in contradiction to their beliefs.
The Health and Human Services (HHS) Department estimated that the proposed rule change would impact more than 100 employers and 125,000 employees, CNN reported.
While retaining the religious exemption policy, the Biden administration proposal would create a new way for employees of religiously objecting employers to obtain contraception with no out-of-pocket costs.
The Biden administration's proposal states that workers of employers with religious objections will be able to obtain contraception “without any involvement on the part of an objecting entity.” Under the proposal, an insurance provider providing free birth control services would be “reimbursed for its costs by entering into an arrangement with an issuer on a Federally-facilitated Exchange or State Exchange on the Federal platform.”
The pathway to obtain free contraception also will be available to students at universities with religious objections, the proposal states.
Under the Trump administration, the Obamacare policy was amended to allow employers with religious or moral objections to contraception to opt out of offering it in their insurance policies without penalty.
The Biden administration's change won't take effect until the completion of a 60-day public comment period, which is set to begin Feb. 2 once the proposal is filed in the Federal Register.
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I guess liberals want government in their panties and bedrooms when they can get “free” stuff.
Since Biden is an immoral POS it only seems obvious he would want to remove morality and other religious exemptions.
FJB and Go to Hell you F-ing pervert!
I hate the left.
These people can just not suck enough.
The pedoPIG and its merry band of azzholes are something to behold, ain’t they?
FJB
Which is the pattern to be followed with the 12
GOP supported Federal Equality Act.
Btttttttttttttttt
Didn’t the left just whine that there are not enough couples having children? Or is it just non-religious couples having children?
Biden is pandering to all known low life in hopes for good poll numbers and support another reason we have no border and a invasion.
He’s the poster boy of scum
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