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Overturning the obama era requirement that enforced most employers to provide birth control coverage to their employers with no out-of-pocket costs. according to a new draft, not only will religiously affiliated hospitals in businesses be opting out of contraception but any employer with religious or moral objections will now be eligible for an exemption as well. evangelical christians has been fighting that mandate in court for the last six years arguing that providing some forms of contraception was a violation of its religious beliefs, equating the drugs to a form of abortion. >> this is th...

United states in the vote. >> the president signed an executive order and one of the provisions in that order does follow up on a supreme court ruling in the hobby lobby case and the sisters of the poor cases, and restricts contraceptive advice own oththe aspects of women and men's health. >> it is incredible that this is a day that an administration that has taken aim at women's health care from dwomen on day one. it is signing whether or not you can get birth control coverage from your boss as an employee. it is crazy, we're so proud of planned parentfood. we're at a record low. we're at a 3...

And we're talking about some key provisions that have been taken out of this now that really strike at the heart of obamacare, the affordable care act. and that is to require insurers to provide maternity coverage, to provide birth control coverage and mental health coverage. these are these essential health benefits we talked so much about. that's what it means. they basically say the states can decide this. that's why this is so controversial. as we do the politics of this, the substance so important to all of this. but at this hour, the president now starting to change the subject. he'll be...

It does seem like there's a chance. we are led to understand something the house leadership, led by speaker ryan, leader mccarthy of the white house are considering letting the house freedom caucus basically get an amendment in that would repeal title i of obamacare which is what deals with the essential health benefit, some of which are unpopular to the conservative wing of the republican party. things like breastfeeding care and birth control coverage. they think if they are allowed to make adjustments to the essential health benefits, it would bring down the costs a lot. the reason why the ...

Without knowing what state laws exist on this issue. >> those were all in response to abortion questions and you'll note that was irrespective of how a given judge might rule, those were both parties' judges. >> right. i think there is isome decisions that judge gorsuch has already ruled on and areas in which he already made his views clear, even on the question of access to birth control. he was a strong -- covered in your earlier segment, his position on hobby lobby, bosses should be able to decide whether or not women can get birth control coverage. >> you think that's telling? he referred ...