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January 14, 2019

California Judge Halts Trump Attempt to Roll Back Reproductive Rights
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In California, a federal judge has blocked an attempt by the Trump
administration to weaken reproductive freedom and roll back parts of the
Affordable Care Act by allowing employers to deny birth control coverage
to female employees on moral or religious grounds. Judge Haywood Gilliam
said the new Trump rules mean that states could "face potentially dire
public health and fiscal consequences." The court order, however, only
applies to the 13 states and the District of Columbia, who brought the
lawsuit. The new rules are set to go into effect elsewhere in the
country today.


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