Updates | The Week of June 5, 2017

The Trump administration’s draft contraception rule has no legal foundation—neither RFRA nor the Public Health Service Act gives HSS grounds to allow employers to drop contraceptive coverage, writes Nick Bagley at Take Care.

Drug overdose deaths are now the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50 (NYT).

An in-depth New York Times piece details the Trump administration’s signals that it would pull back OSHA regulations like the Obama-era beryllium rule (NYT).

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