"Trump administration aims to expand religious exemptions for birth control coverage", 18 Oct 2018

Women’s health advocates warn that the Trump administration is set to try tightening access to birth control by broadening religious exemptions for companies providing health insurance.  A new rule...would be the government’s second attempt to expand religious exemptions for providing birth control in health plans...The Trump administration’s rules never went into effect because several states sue...The rule change is part of a larger push to expand religious objections to medical procedures...The Trump administration’s first attempt to broaden religious exemptions would allow any company to apply not to provide birth control on the basis of religious conviction...