President Trump promised religious groups he would reverse the Obama administration’s requirement that employers provide birth control to their employees under the Affordable Care Act. But his Justice Department indicated Monday that it’s continuing to fight religious groups who are suing over the contraception mandate. The law requires employer-sponsored health coverage to include certain preventive services — the Obama administration interpreted that to include all FDA-approved contraception. “The issues presented by the Supreme Court’s remand order are complex,” the Justice Department wrote. As things stand now, it appears that Justice plans to continue defending the way the Obama administration applied the birth-control mandate, said Eric Rassbach, a Becket attorney.

Source: Washington Post April 25, 2017 13:18 UTC