Pa. AG Files Lawsuit Over New Trump Birth-Control Rules
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania is suing President Donald Trump over his decision to let more employers claiming religious or moral objections opt-out of providing no-cost birth control to women.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the lawsuit Wednesday, saying the new rules are breaking the law and undermining women's health.
Trump's policy is designed to roll back parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law, which required that most companies cover birth control as preventive care for women, at no additional cost.
Other Democratic-leaning states, including Washington, Massachusetts and California, have already sued, as has the American Civil Liberties Union.
Shapiro says the rules violate the Fifth Amendment because they pertain to women and not men and the First Amendment, by putting employers' religious beliefs over the constitutional rights of women.
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