SCOTUS Allows HHS Religious Exemption, But Legal Battle Continues

The Supreme Court Wednesday (7-2) upheld the Trump administration’s rule that lets employers refuse to provide cost-free contraceptives to workers due to religious or moral objections, saying the Affordable Care Act grants HHS the discretion to set that policy. But the legal battle continues as the question of whether the rule is “arbitrary and capricious” is not yet settled and has been remanded to the district court. Women’s health advocates, Democratic lawmakers and Democratic state attorneys general were outraged by...