The vast majority of voters—82 percent—think birth control should be covered in health insurance plans, even if employers are morally opposed to it. In May 2017, President Trump signed a "religious freedom" executive order, calling for new regulations that would harm women’s access to birth control and on October 6, the administration issued them. The new regulations create a sweeping religious exemption to the ACA’s contraception coverage benefit: They allow any corporation or university to use religion to deny their employees and students coverage for birth control. But whether a woman uses birth control should be up to her, not her boss or university.

Learn more about Americans United is fighting these contraception coverage regulations.

Regulations Status Interim Final Rules in effect as of October 6, 2017; Final Rules released on November 7, 2018

Regulations Text Here and here

Statement

Americans United Denounces Trump-Pence Administration’s Harmful Birth Control Rules; Vows To Continue Fighting Them In Court

Groups Demand Information From Notre Dame And Trump Administration On Contraceptive Coverage Settlement

Declaring Victory For Plaintiffs, Groups Withdraw Lawsuit Against Trump Administration’s Harmful, Discriminatory Birth Control Rules

Americans United Applauds Another Federal Court Ruling Blocking Trump Birth Control Regulations

AU And NWLC File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Rules Denying Women Birth Control Coverage

Americans United Statement On Plans To Sue Trump Administration Over New Birth Control Regulations

Letters

Read our comments on the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury’s (the Departments) Interim Final Rules, “Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage for Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act”

Read our comment on the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury’s (the Departments) Interim Final Rules, “Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage for Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act”

Blog Posts

Notre Dame Flip-Flops Again, Will Deny Women Access To Some Forms Of Birth Control

In A Victory For The Women We Represented, Americans United Dismisses Challenge To Harmful Contraception Rules

A Federal Court Has Blocked Trump’s Regulations That Would Deny Countless Women Access To 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

Join Us Today To Say #HandsOffMyBC

Americans United Sues Trump Administration Over Rules That Threaten Women’s Access To Birth Control

Recent Study Highlights Importance Of Protecting Birth Control Access

With New Birth Control Rule, Trump Administration Ramps Up Attack On Women’s Healthcare

Just weeks after Trump signed his “religious freedom” executive order, Vox published a leaked draft of the regulations. Read how we immediately responded on behalf of women whose coverage for this critical healthcare is at risk.