Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Catholic university sues to block Obama's contraception mandate

Source: The Hill

A small Catholic university sued the Obama administration Tuesday over the controversial order requiring that insurance companies cover birth control.

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Friday, February 17, 2012

Birth-Control Hearing Was ‘Like Stepping Into a Time Machine’

Source: ABC News
Showing an enlarged photograph of the all-male panel at Rep. Darrell Issa’s committee hearing Thursday, a group of Democratic women senators took to the Senate floor today to protest the “assault on women,” for excluding a women’s perspective during the session on contraceptives.
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Friday, February 17, 2012

Lawmakers debate mandated coverage of contraceptives in health-care law

Source: The Washington Post
Tempers flared on Capitol Hill on Thursday as lawmakers waded into an increasingly heated debate over the mandated coverage of contraceptives under the nation’s new health-care law.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Public split on contraception mandate - Obama maintains Catholic support

Source: Politico
A Pew survey yesterday found the public is pretty evenly divided on the contraceptive coverage mandate. Forty-eight percent supported a total exemption for religious-affiliated employers that objected to providing coverage, while 44 percent opposed such a carve-out.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Birth-control flap shows the need to abort employer-based healthcare

Source: Los Angeles Times
It wasn't a retreat. Nor was it a compromise. It was an "accommodation." That's how the White House spun President Obama's attempt last week to tamp down the political brush fire that had erupted over requiring all health insurance plans — including those offered by Roman Catholic universities and hospitals — to include free birth control for women. Read the Article>
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Obama Allies Seek to Reframe Birth-Control Debate for Voters

Source: Bloomberg

The debate over President Barack Obama’s policy on contraceptive coverage is likely to persist, with the two sides struggling to frame the issue as either one over access to birth control or of religious freedom.

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