contraception

When Joe Biden, a liberal and a lifelong Catholic, was inaugurated president, the archbishop penned a letter accusing him of planning to “advance moral evils” like gay marriage, abortion rights and employer-funded contraception.

And, although he seemed at first to allow that contraception might be used to prevent disease, he praised Paul VI's teaching on the subject - which warned it might reduce women to instruments of male satisfaction.

Women, in contrast, are "sort of forced to engage in the health system" because they might seek appointments related to menstruation, contraception, cervical screenings or pregnancy, says Seb Pillon, a GP in Bolton.

Nearly 50 million women could lose access to contraception.

"I think an outstanding question is how this will all overlap with efforts to restrict birth control and contraception, and how this will affect debates around spending like on childcare funding."