| Republican congressional leaders are entering the fray over the Obama administration's weeks-old decision to require employer-provided health insurance to cover contraception, including for some religious organizations that don't employ a majority of people of that faith. The decision has been a hot topic on the campaign trail in recent days, but today, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) took the House floor to slam it, calling it an "unambiguous attack on religious freedom in our country" and vowed to repeal the regulation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had a similarly sharp indictment yesterday. But missed in this debate is the fact Boehner and McConnell's own health insurance plans covers contraception, something they now want to deny to others. |
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