Brigitte Amiri, deputy director with the American Civil Liberties Union Reproductive Freedom Project, said the new rules go much further than the previous accommodations.
Essentially, she said the law — under the Obama administration's interpretation — requires an insurance company to provide coverage and communicate with the employees about the benefit, allowing employers to refuse to be directly involved in administering the coverage. The employers, closely held for-profits and religiously affiliated nonprofits, have to fill out a one-page form to step back from direct involvement.
“Under the accommodation, employees still get the benefit. But under the exemption, they will not,” she said during a call with reporters last week.
“There’s a fundamental difference between the Trump rules and the accommodation that was afforded organizations and closely held for-profit organizations under the Obama administration,” she added. “It’s a total exemption that the employer can invoke under the Trump rules."
Opposing views
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the Little Sisters of the Poor, argues the rules are necessary to further protect religious liberty.
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