Soon after President Trump issued his executive order on Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty, which includes potential conscience protections for those with religious objections to certain health insurance mandates, Planned Parenthood issued a press release noting that some faith leaders condemned the executive orders. Faith leaders who belong to Planned Parenthood’s own Clergy Advisory Board (CAB).These leaders fear that Trump’s order will lead to employers, schools, and other entities [refusing] to cover women’s preventive health services, including birth control, in their insurance plans on the basis of religious or moral objection. The irony of citing religious freedom as a reason to prevent employers from choosing the type of insurance coverage they want to offer to employees is lost on the Clergy Advisory Board:

Source: Planned Parenthood Enlists ‘Faith Leaders’ to Condemn Religious Liberty | The Weekly Standard

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