At US Senate hearing, US Supreme Court nominee bats away tough Democratic confirmation probing
Washington DC, USAP Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted away Democrats’ sceptical questions Tuesday on abortion, healthcare and a possible disputed-election fight over transferring presidential power, insisting in a long and lively confirmation hearing she would bring no personal agenda to the court but decide cases “as they come”. The 48-year-old appellate court judge declared […]
In the US, religious objection order gives broad leeway to employers to drop birth control coverage
USA Today/RNS The Trump administration is expanding the religious exemption for employers that don’t want to provide insurance coverage for certain birth control methods because they have moral objections under rules announced Friday. The Affordable Care Act required all employers to cover birth control for their workers without any co-payment, but the provision has been embroiled […]