A federal judge on Aug. 13 vacated a rule that lets employers with religious objections opt out of an Affordable Care Act requirement that states that the employers’ insurance should cover abortion and contraceptives.
Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said the rule, and a similar rule relating to moral objections, both of which were put into place in 2018 during the first Trump administration, were arbitrary and capricious, and in violation of federal law.
