{"id":10567,"date":"2017-11-13t12:14:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-13t17:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/advocates-blog\/advocates-blog-advocates-blog\/trump-rollback-of-birth-control-mandate-is-an-attack-on-young-people-1\/"},"modified":"2019-09-16t16:52:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16t20:52:44","slug":"trump-rollback-of-birth-control-mandate-is-an-attack-on-young-people-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/statement\/trump-rollback-of-birth-control-mandate-is-an-attack-on-young-people-1\/","title":{"rendered":"trump rollback of birth control mandate is an attack on young people"},"content":{"rendered":"

in addition to allowing employers to refuse to provide insurance coverage for birth control based on their own religious beliefs or \u201cmoral convictions.\u201d this is a dangerous precedent that could allow any employer to refuse to cover any medication or procedure with this claim – whether it be hiv medication, care for lgbt people and their children, or something as simple as blood transfusions (which some religions do not allow).<\/p>\n

\u201cyoung people won\u2019t stand for this administration giving corporations a free pass to discriminate. millennials are moving our country forward, not backward. we should be working to support them, not standing in their way,\u201d said debra hauser. \u201cthis president has repeatedly proven himself an enemy of young people and all who are working to ensure young people\u2019s health and rights.\u201d