ACLU Launches Lawsuit Against Trump’s Birth Control Rule Change
Less than two hours after Trump decided to gut Obamacare’s birth control mandate, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced that it was filing a lawsuit challenging their decision.
The lawsuit is being filed on the behalf of a Notre Dame Law student, Kate Rochat, as well as members of a union, Service Employee International Union-United Health Care Workers West.
The ACLU said in a press release that they “are at risk of losing their contraception coverage because of where they work or where they go to school.”
The organization argues HHS’ decision violates the Establishment Clause and Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution.
“The Trump administration is forcing women to pay for their boss’s religious beliefs,” ACLU senior staff attorney Brigitte Amiri said in a statement.
“We’re filing this lawsuit because the federal government cannot authorize discrimination against women in the name of religion or otherwise.”
