AG Campbell Calls for Increased Birth Control Coverage

BOSTON – Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is calling on the federal government to expand birth control insurance coverage. Campbell joined a coalition of more than 20 attorneys general nationwide in co-signing a letter addressed to members of President Joe Biden’s cabinet. The group contends that existing exemptions for employers within the Affordable Care Act for birth control coverage should be modified. Under a proposal pitched by the Biden administration earlier this year, a moral exemption rule for employers providing birth control coverage for its employees would be rescinded. A religious exemption rule would be retained, though a system to…