{"id":1580775,"date":"2022-07-31T00:05:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T04:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1580775"},"modified":"2022-07-31T00:05:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T04:05:18","slug":"biden-admin-says-insurers-must-still-cover-birth-control-after-supreme-court-abortion-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-says-insurers-must-still-cover-birth-control-after-supreme-court-abortion-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Says Insurers Must Still Cover Birth Control After Supreme Court Abortion Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-says-insurers-must-still-cover-birth-control-after-supreme-court-abortion-ruling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1580775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration on Thursday warned businesses and health insurance providers that limiting coverage of contraceptives, after a Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, would violate federal law.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued guidance clarifying that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, requires insurance plans to provide free birth control and family-planning counseling to insured individuals and their dependents.<\/p>\n<p>HHS, joined by the Department of Labor, said it has seen an increase in complaints from women who have been denied coverage for different forms of birth control since the Supreme Court\u2019s June ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is critical that we ensure birth control is accessible nationwide and that employers and insurers follow the law and provide coverage for it with no additional cost,\u201d HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court last month overturned its landmark 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion across the country.<\/p>\n<p>About half of U.S. states have banned or limited or are expected to ban or curtail abortions as a result of the ruling, and some may also move to restrict access to birth control.<\/p>\n<p>HHS in the guidance issued on Thursday said insurance providers must continue providing coverage for contraceptives even in states that ban them.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court in 1965 said married couples have a constitutional right to buy and use contraceptives, and extended that to unmarried people in a 1972 decision.<\/p>\n<p>But conservative Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion last month that the court\u2019s reasoning in overturning Roe v. Wade could also apply to birth control.<\/p>\n<p>HHS on Thursday said that in 2020, 58 million U.S. women benefited from Obamacare\u2019s contraception coverage mandate.<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-reuters\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Thursday warned businesses and health insurance providers that limiting coverage of contraceptives, after a Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, would violate federal law. 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