Judge Blocks Trump's Plan to Undo Obamacare Contraception Rule
- Rule was made for companies with religious or moral objections
- Decision is second in two days as plan was to take effect
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A federal judge in Pennsylvania temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to let companies with religious or moral objections to birth control opt out of Obamacare requirements that they offer free contraception in their employee health-care plans.
U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone in Philadelphia issued a nationwide injunction less than 24 hours after the final rules for the exemption, announced in December, were set to take effect. It follows a California judge’s more-limited order late Sunday that blocked the administration’s plan in 13 states and the District of Columbia.