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    Michael Hiltzik: Ending birth control coverage, Notre Dame abandons its progressive legacy on women's rights

    by Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times Nov 01, 2017 4 minutes

    The University of Notre Dame, which once reigned as a beacon of liberal Catholic thought, has announced that it will cancel all birth-control coverage for students and employees next year. That includes contraception provided to those recipients for free, under government auspices and at government expense.

    Notre Dame thus becomes the first and most important employer to take advantage of the Trump administration's Oct. 6 rollback of contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act. The act requires insurance plans to provide contraceptive services without charging a deduction or co-pay. Trump expanded an exemption aimed at religious institutions and widened by the Supreme Court to cover

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