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The Trump-Pence administration continued its attack on women’s reproductive rights and religious freedom today by issuing final rules that would allow employers and universities to cite religion as justification to deny women access to birth control coverage.
The Department of Justice today told the U.S. Supreme Court that the federal government is reversing course on a pending case. The administration now argues that the federal law barring workplace discrimination does not protect Aimee Stephens, the transgender employee of a Michigan funeral home who was fired when the business cited religious beliefs in conflict with Stephens’ gender identity.
Americans United for Separation of Church and State President and CEO Rachel Laser issued the following statement in response to reports that the Trump-Pence administration is planning to roll back federal protections of transgender people and narrowly define gender.
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Greg Lipper Debates Zubik v. Burwell On PublicSquare.net
Matthew Bowman of the Alliance Defending Freedom and Gregory Lipper of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State debate Zubik v. Burwell, a Supreme Court case involving Obamacare's contraception mandate and religious freedom.