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‘Outrageous!’: Critics Lash Out After Trump Offers Broad Religious Exemption From Contraceptive Mandate; ACLU Sues

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By Billy Hallowell
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October 6, 2017

Social media lit up on Friday with the announcement that the Trump administration would be partially rolling back former President Barack Obama’s controversial contraceptive mandate.

After seemingly endless legal battles on behalf of religious organizations and businesses seeking relief from the mandate, President Donald Trump decided to offer “full protection” to those with religious and moral objections, Fox News reported.

Some critics are hitting back hard at the decision, though. Here’s just a sampling:

Hillary was right: WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.#HandsOffMyBC

— Laurie Crosswell ? (@lauriecrosswell) October 6, 2017

What happened to seperation of church/state?! A business is not a person and religion should have no bearing. #HandsOffMyBC

— Michael Six Muldoon (@sixfingermagic) October 6, 2017

It's 2017 and women have to visit a doctor and get a permission slip to take The Pill. Put it over the counter already. #handsoffmyBC

— John Blackout (@SageCommander) October 6, 2017

An attack on birth control coverage is outrageous. Access to birth control has been *essential* to women’s progress. #HandsOffMyBC

— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) October 6, 2017

Dear GOP, you can't complain about single moms who are are getting checks from the government for each kid they have if you aren't going to allow them to control the number of children they have through birth control. All the while men everywhere can get free Viagra #HandsOffMyBC

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) October 6, 2017

Dear Anti-Birth Control Christians
When God said 'Be fruitful & multiply' there were 2 ppl.
Now 7 bil.
Mission accomplished. #handsoffmyBC

— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) October 6, 2017

Others, though, are expressing elation — or at least support — for the policy change:

If you are grown enough to have sex, you’re grown enough to pay for it. #HandsOffMyBC

— PolitiDiva™ (@realPolitiDiva) October 6, 2017

If you can't afford your sex life, that's a pretty good sign that you shouldn't have a sex life

#handsoffmyBC

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 6, 2017

#handsoffmyBC is an interesting slogan considering that they're angry precisely because we've taken our hands off their birth control

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 6, 2017

This hashtag is nothing but hysteria. #HandsOffMyBC

— Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) October 6, 2017

Feminists: I want the government to stay out of my uterus!

Also Feminists: I want the government to pay for my birth control#HandsOffMyBC

— Not Elizabeth (@NotElizabeth88) October 6, 2017

Read more about the change to the contraceptive mandate here.

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