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Administration is doing, they have a big part of their base that are evangelical christians who want these laws passed. the doj, the department of justice, issued a religious freedom order not long ago, on friday, released an order on religious liberty that critics say will allow just about anyone to discriminate against lgbt or other groups by claiming they have a sincerely held religious belief that cannot be questioned by the government. and this is donald trump talking about religious freedo...

Claim they have "sincerely held moral objections" the administration says it will be determined by the state in which the company is located. the bottom line, if an employers position is determined to be sincerely held, that company, nonprofit, basically any nongovernmental entity or employer, that company can withhold birth control coverage. under this new rule released today. >> harris: we are going to get deeper into this coming up, we appreciate you setting up the facts for us. a cryptic mes...

The federal government should protect that right, and as long as donald trumps president, he will. >> the department of health and human services estimates the new rule will only impact 120,000 women. but democrats put the number much higher. in a statement, the president of planned parenthood said, "the trump administration took direct aim at birth control coverage for 62 million women. this is an unacceptable attack on basic health care that the vast majority of women rely on." the aclu calls ...

Will be created by the rebuilding that will have to happen. for right now, you had a stall in job creation, but still a decline in the unemployment rate. john? >> it will be nice to get next months report. lets go to breaking news out of the white house. its a big win for the presidents conservative base. altering a key feature in obamacare. the trump administration weakening a provision requiring companies to provide birth control coverage in health insurance. now they are based on religious be...

We just dont know. as the white house press secretary made clear, shes not going to give more details. she will leave that up to him, shep. >> shepard: kristin, the white house talking about the trump administrations new limits on mandatory birth control coverage under the affordable care act or obamacare. the new policy lets employers refuse free contraceptives by claiming a religious or moral objection. the american civil liberties union has filed a lawsuit and others are planning to do the sa...

>> before these xem manition were limited to religious belief. under this rule announced today, these exemptions have expanded to sincerely held moral objections as well. the sincerely held part is the exact wording, as released by the department of hepth and human services. its spokeswoman said, no american should be forced to violate his or her own conscience to abid by by the laws governing our healthcare system. how many women could this impact? department of health and human services says t...

Going to renew focus on that dossier that as you remember includes salacious sexual allegations that then president-elect donald trump denied. steph? >> all right. i need to ask you about birth control. this new report out that the trump administration is preparing to roll back part of the birth control mandate. what are they talking about here? >> reporter: weve just reached out to the white house on this. sara huckabee sanders will be briefing at 2:00 today. the "the new york times" first repo...

Inexpensive. i think senator cory gardner of my memory serves me correct has introduced something along those lines of making it available over-the-counter. >> harris: the morning-after pill is over-the-counter but anyone can drive that over the counter. >> kennedy: daily oral contraception is still only available over-the-counter. >> harris: its the dudes. >> dagen: but a lot of this can be taken care of that state level. if they dont like what the government is doing with the federal mandate o...

What the new rule means and what possibly comes next. good evening, kristin. >> good evening, bret. this new -- almost every democrat on capitol hill for nancy pelosi? she calls it despicable. but how >> paul ryan, he says this is a landmark base for religious liberty. its a change that could impact hundreds and thousands of women. the trip administration announcing an expansion of exemptions to the affordable care act contraceptive mandate that allows employers to provide birth control coverage...

Welcome back. youre watching "velshi & rhule." breaking news from the trump administration directly impacting millions of american women. the white house says it will roll back a mandate from the obama administration requiring employers to include birth control coverage in its health insurance plans if it conflicts with the employers religious or moral beliefs. a study commissioned by the obama administration found more than 55 million women rely on this mandate which affords them free access to...