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| Senior administration officials announced early this morning that President Obama will announce a new 'accommodation' for religious liberties in the rule requiring all employers to offer contraception coverage without additional cost sharing. Under the new policy, 'all women will still have access to free preventive care, including contraception,' no matter where they work. However, if a nonprofit religiously affiliated organization like a Catholic college or hospital objects to offering birth control, the insurance company will be required to provide the coverage free of charge and the employer will not pay for it. Sister Carol Keehan, President of the US Catholic Health Association and Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards support the compromise, the administration officials said. |
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