The Judge who just stood up to Donald Trump was born in Ibadan. One more reason to cheer. An Ibadan born Judge has prevented US president, Donald Trump, from enforcing new rules with respect to Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act–otherwise called Obamacare.If Trump had had his way, any employer would have been able to claim a religious or moral objection to Obama’s birth control mandate. However, Judge Wendy Beetlestone ruled that the Commonwealth will suffer “irreparable and serious harm” from Trump’s proposal. Trump made a campaign pledge to roll back Obama era policies. Historic rulingIn her 44 page opinion, Beetlestone wrote that “the Commonwealth’s concern is absent available cost-effective contraception, women will either forgo contraception entirely or choose cheaper but less effective methods — individual choices which will result in an increase in unintended pregnancies.
