c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) When President Obama last week bowed to political reality and changed the rules on mandated contraception coverage, the White House was trying to find an elegant solution to a political conundrum. Under the revised plan, insurance companies -- not faith-based institutions -- would arrange for the coverage and pay for it.
Facing growing furor from religious groups, President Obama unveiled
an "accommodation" in which health insurance companies, rather than
religious institutions, will provide employees with contraception
coverage.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) The White House has surprised observers and disappointed some
liberal allies by signaling that it is willing to compromise and provide a
broader religious exemption in its controversial regulations requiring all
employers to provide free contraception coverage.
c. 2012 Religion News Service
(RNS) A majority of Americans, including Catholics, believe that employers should be required to provide health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost, according to a new survey.
