NR Daily: Trump’s Contraception Order Is Based on Sound Science

The Trump administration's decision to respect the conscience rights of employers who do not wish to include contraceptives or abortion-inducing drugs in their insurance plans has generated a firestorm of controversy. The principle of religious freedom has been criticized and the research behind this decision has been sharply, albeit unpersuasively, attacked. My 2015 Ave Maria Law Review article on the impact of state contraceptive mandates was one of the studies the administration cited in its rule. Allow me to correct the record. Some criticisms are not even worth responding to at length ...

October 18 2017

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