This meant that insured patients needing these services would no longer have to pay a co-pay.

According to Planned Parenthood, expanded access to cost-free birth control affects 62 million Americans.

Initially, only houses of worship objecting to birth control coverage for faith-based reasons were exempt from this rule.

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But conservatives have successfully fought to chip away at the mandate.

Preventing pregnancy has also allowed forpeople with uteruses to advance in the workforceand reliably plan their families.

The ruling is also out-of-step with themajority of Americans who support employers providing contraception.

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