http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-usa-healthcare-contraception-idUSTRE80U2HL20120131 By David Morgan WASHINGTON | Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:12pm EST (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday defended a new federal rule requiring religiously affiliated nonprofit groups to provide free birth control coverage to women, as opponents ratcheted up pressure to alter the provision. The decision, announced on January 20 by Health and […]
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White House defends birth control rule against religious protest
Jan 31
Posted by Emergingtruth
Posted in Politics, Religion / Faith, US Politics.
Tags: Abortion, barack obama, Birth control, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Faith, free birth control, kathleen sebelius, Politics, Religion, roman catholic officials, unwanted pregnancies, US, US government, White House, white house spokesman
Religious groups MUST offer free birth control to employees under Obamacare ruling
Jan 21
Posted by Emergingtruth
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089758/Religious-groups-MUST-offer-free-birth-control-employees-Obamacare-ruling.html By Hugo Gye Last updated at 5:01 AM on 21st January 2012 Employers will be forced to offer free contraception in their healthcare plans, it was announced yesterday. Religious organisations had been pushing for exemption from the ruling, but the Obama administration has said they will be allowed just a one-year delay in implementing […]
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Tags: Abortion, America, barack obama, basic health care, Election 2012, free birth control, fundamental tenets, health insurance coverage, kathleen sebelius, Obama, obamacare, Politics, pro-choice, pro-life, Religion, religious institutions, republican policy committee, Supreme Court, US, US government