Leaves rules strengthening employer conscience in place.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the withdrawal of a proposal to solidify birth control access within employer-sponsored health care plans. The decision was announced early last week in a Federal Register notice, which said the withdrawal would allow the HHS “to focus their time and resources on matters other than finalizing these rules.”
This decision leaves a policy in place from President Trump’s first administration that allows employers not to cover birth control under employee healthcare plans by filing “non-religious moral objections” to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception requirement. The federal health department had proposed a workaround to this policy in 2023, which would have allowed employees of religious organizations to obtain contraceptive services for free outside of their employer’s unique healthcare plan.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For the president and his administration as they finalize and reconsider rules and regulations.
- For federal officials as they prepare for the transition of administrations.
- For the president-elect and his nominees to be led by God as they make plans for the coming term.
Sources: The Hill, Politico
