with this rule in place, any employer could decide their employees no longer have health insurance coverage for birth control. sarah luck ka bee sanders defended the move. what would you say to the women out there or to the families out there who now have to pay more out of their pocket to get contraception coverage that they choose and desire. this is a president who supports the first amendment, supports the freedom of religion. i don t understand why that should be an issue. the supreme court has validated this decision certainly many times over and the president is somebody who believes in the constitution. if people don t like what the constitution says, they should talk to congress about changing it. yamiche, when sarah huckabee sanders says i don t understand why this should be an issue, some look at contraception as a
employers and insurers to choose not to cover contraceptives due to religious or moral beliefs. the new york times reports under the new regulations, hundreds of thousands of women could lose birth control benefits they now receive at no cost under the affordable care act. and planned parenthood said this is an unacceptable attack on basic health care that the vast majority of women rely on. white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders defended the move. reporter: what would you say maybe to the women out there or to the families out there who now have to pay more out of their pocket to get contraception coverage that they choose and that they desire? this is a president who supports the first amendment,
not to cover contraceptives due to religious or moral beliefs. the new york times report under new regulations hundreds of thousands of women could lose birth control benefits they now sooe at no cost under the affordable care act. the decision was immediately criticized by democrats and groups like planned parenthood and the american civil libts union. i seal richards said, quote, this is an unacceptable attack on basic health care that the vast majority of women rely on. with this rule in place any employer could decide that their employees no longer have health insurance coverage for birth control. white house prosecutes sarah huckabee sanders defended the move. what would you say maybe to the women out there or to the families out there who now have to pay more out of their pocket to get contraception coverage that they choose and that they desire? this is a president who supports the first amendment, supports the freedom of religion. i don t understand why that
coverage for contraception. democrats will fight with all of our strength to defend every woman s right to comprehensive health care including contraception coverage. and that is not all. attorney general jeff sessions has directed federal agencies to do as much as possible to accommodate people with religious objections to lgbtq rights. joining us now from our washington bureau, politico senior writer and playbook co-author jake sherman. and here in our new york news room real clear politics reporter. jake, are you surprised about this? no. this is something republicans have been talking about for a long time on capitol hill. what i am surprised about is if you read the jonathan martin alex burns story in the new york times this morning, the president had a fund raising dinner in manhattan, a restaurant i ll never be able to afford, he said that he will he wanted to cut a health care
name of religion or otherwise. what is your response? i would never get the aclu to take any of my talking points. the president believes the reason to practice one s faith is a fundamental right in this country. that s all today was about. our federal government should protect that right. as long as donald trump is president, he will. for the aclu, what would you say to the women out there or the families out there that now have to pay more out of their pocket to get contraception coverage that they choose and that they desire? this is a president that supports the first amendment, supports the freedom of religion. i don t understand why that should be an issue. the supreme court has validated this decision on many times over. the president is somebody that believes in the constitution. if people don t like what the constitution says, talk to