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    Massachusetts Set To Approve Law Protecting Access To Birth Control

    The Massachusetts law would make it the first state to circumvent a federal policy allowing any company to opt out of providing free birth control coverage due to a religious or moral exemption.
    by Samantha Raphelson Nov 20, 2017 2 minutes
    Supporters of women's health rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 23, 2016, as the Court hears oral arguments in seven cases dealing with religious organizations that want to ban contraceptives from their health insurance policies on religious grounds.

    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker was expected to sign legislation on Monday that would cement in state law the Obama-era mandate for free birth control regardless of changes in federal policy or future repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

    The bill through the state legislature earlier this month, after President Trump signed an executive order in October allowing any company or nonprofit

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