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| Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton |
Last week saw strong protest in response to an original Health and Human Services ruling that religion-affiliated institutions such as hospitals and universities must include free birth control coverage in their employee health plans. The churches themselves were exempted from the requirement.
Several days later, President Obama modified that policy so that insurance companies, and not the organization affiliated with a church, pay for birth control costs.Republicans find themselves on the defensive over the issue of contraception, only a week after they sharply attacked President Obama for attempting to require religious institutions to offer birth control coverage.
