A federal judge this week sided with New Jersey and Pennsylvania by striking down Trump administration regulations that allowed employers citing religious or moral grounds to opt out of contraceptive mandates under the Affordable Care Act.

Judge Wendy Beetlestone, chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, called the rules 'arbitrary and capricious,' and said the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury acted without the analysis required by law and failed to consider alternatives.

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