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    Supreme Court Hears Case On Birth Control Access And Obamacare

    The justices heard arguments remotely about whether the Trump administration can allow employers with religious or moral objections to limit their employees' access to free birth control.
    by Nina Totenberg May 06, 2020 1 minute
    Nuns rally outside the Supreme Court in 2016 following oral arguments in seven cases dealing with religious organizations that want to ban contraceptives from their health insurance policies. The court is hearing arguments in a related case on Wednesday.

    Updated at 12:06 p.m. ET

    A closely divided Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a case involving Trump administration rules that would allow employers who claim a religious or moral objection to opt out of providing free birth control in their

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