Bye-Bye, Birth Control Benefit?

Imani Gandy & Jessica Mason Pieklo

The Trump administration plans to take a sledgehammer to the birth control benefit. Boom! Lawyered hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo explain why its approach might not be entirely legal thanks to a little-known—but super-important—law called the Administrative Procedure Act.

Supporters of Planned Parenthood dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," which no longer seems that farfetched, does it? Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

The Trump administration plans to take a sledgehammer to the birth control benefit. Boom! Lawyered hosts Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo explain why its approach might not be entirely legal thanks to a little-known—but super-important—law called the Administrative Procedure Act.

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