Latest NewsNAACP Files Amicus Brief to Support Access to Affordable Contraception DoryMarch 11, 2026 The NAACP signed on to an amicus brief in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. v. President United States of America, et al. In the case, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are challenging regulations enacted during the first Trump administration that expanded the religious and moral exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. The exemptions allow employers or universities to impose religious or moral beliefs on their employees and students – blocking them from accessing affordable contraception. ContraceptionGOPHealthcareNAACPNew JerseyPennsylvaniaReproductive rightsTrump AdministrationUnited States
