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Notre Dame Flip-Flops Again, Will Deny Women Access To Some Forms Of Birth Control
The University of Notre Dame has flip-flopped again: Notre Dame President the Rev. John Jenkins announced this month that university-sponsored health insurance plans for students and staff will stop covering some forms of birth control. The decision will affect more than 17,000 people who rely on the school for health insurance.
In A Victory For The Women We Represented, Americans United Dismisses Challenge To Harmful Contraception Rules
Today, Americans United dismissed our lawsuit challenging harmful rules issued by the Trump administration in October 2017 that allow employers and universities to cite religious or moral objections in order to deny employees and students health insurance coverage of contraception. Although the rules still remain in effect, our plaintiffs will have access to birth control due to some fortuitous events.
The State Of The Union That Wasn’t
How To Translate Trump’s State Of The Union Address
Tonight, President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress and the American public. As he’s done in speech after speech during the first year of his presidency, he’ll likely claim he’s protecting religious freedom when in reality he’s doing the exact opposite by advancing policies that promote discrimination in the name of religion, politicize houses of worship, and compel taxpayers to fund religious schools.
The Trump Administration Plans To Allow Religion-Based Discrimination In Your Healthcare
The Trump Administration today is expected release yet another new rule aimed at allowing religion to be used to discriminate against women and LGBTQ people.
We’re Watching To Make Sure State Legislatures Don’t Permit Religion To Be Used To Discriminate
Religious Freedom laws should be a shield to protect religious freedom, not a sword used to harm others. But this year, as in past sessions, legislators continue to introduce so-called religious freedom bills that would allow taxpayer-funded social service providers, individuals, and businesses to use religion to discriminate and deny people their rights.
On Religious Freedom Day, Let’s Recommit To Defend That Vital Principle
Today we celebrate Religious Freedom Day. After nearly a year of the Trump-Pence administration’s unwavering attacks on the freedom of religion and belief, some might wonder what there is to celebrate. But today, we can be thankful for the fact that Americans United has been successful in fighting many of the administration’s reckless assaults on this core freedom.
Here Are The Top Ten Church-State Stories From 2017
A Federal Agency Is Hiding Public Comments About Its Policies Concerning Faith-Based Organizations. AU Would Like To Know Why.
A Federal Court Has Blocked Trump’s Regulations That Would Deny Countless Women Access To Birth Control
A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday blocked rules that the Trump administration issued last October that would allow any employer or university to use religion as an excuse to deny their employees and students health insurance coverage for birth control.
Survey Says: Majority Of Americans Believe Employee Health Insurance Plans Should Cover Birth Control
We Told The Trump Administration That Religion Is No Excuse To Roll Back Birth Control Access
On #GivingTuesday, Here's A Reminder Of How Your Donations Help Americans United Defend Religious Freedom
HHS Asked The Public’s Advice On Using Religion To Discriminate—And We Said It’s A Bad Idea
Join Us Today To Say #HandsOffMyBC
Today marks a day of action against President Donald J. Trump’s attacks on contraceptive access. Last month, Trump announced regulations that would allow any employer or university, and even for-profit corporations, to use religion to deny contraception insurance coverage to their employees and students.
We’ve Spent The Past Year Fending Off Donald Trump’s Attacks On Religious Freedom
A year ago, when Donald Trump and Mike Pence were elected to the highest offices in the land, Americans United warned of the many threats this administration posed to church-state separation. We promised that if any of those threats came to fruition, we would be ready to fight back and defend religious freedom.
Americans United Sues Trump Administration Over Rules That Threaten Women’s Access To Birth Control
Americans United is following through on a promise we made when the Trump administration announced an attack on women’s healthcare last month: We’ve filed a federal lawsuit challenging the administration’s new regulations that allow employers and universities to use religion as an excuse to deny their staff and students health insurance coverage for birth control.