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White House expands religious exemptions to contraception mandate
The Obama administration on Friday (Feb. 1) sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial contraception mandate, but t...
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Contraception opponents hail DC court ruling
WASHINGTON (RNS) Foes of the federal contraception mandate are cheering a Tuesday (Dec. 18) appeals court decision requiring the Obama administration to devise exemptions to the new rule for two Christian colleges. They’re al...
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Court says Catholic businessman can fight contraception mandate
A federal appeals court on Wednesday (Nov. 28) temporarily blocked the enforcement of the Obama administration's contraception mandate while a Catholic business owner appeals a lower court's ruling that tossed out his suit.
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Evangelical Wheaton College joins suits against Obama contraception mandate
Wheaton College, Billy Graham’s alma mater and a top evangelical school, joined Catholic groups in a lawsuit against the Obama administration’s contraception mandate even as a federal judge’s ruling clouded prospects for such a...
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Conservatives rally across U.S. for ‘religious freedom’
Hundreds gathered on Capitol Hill and at rallies across the nation on Friday in a double-barreled attack on President Obama's health care law and a mandate to require employers to provide insurance coverage of birth control.
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Bishops say Obama compromise is ‘unconstitutional’
(RNS) The nation’s Catholic bishops say the Obama administration’s proposed revisions to a mandate that requires insurers to provide birth control coverage are still unacceptable and even “radically flawed" -- signaling a long...
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White House proposal gives religious groups more say birth control mandate exemptions
(RNS) The Obama administration on Friday sought to address religious objections to its birth control mandate, issuing plans to expand the number of faith-based groups that can be exempt from the controversial rule and pro...
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White House insists contraception talks are on track
The Obama administration is rejecting charges by the nation’s top Catholic bishop that talks to modify a controversial birth control mandate are “going nowhere” because of alleged White House intransigence and...
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Poll finds Americans split on contraception mandate
Americans are split on a federal mandate requiring nearly all employers — even institutions with strong religious affiliations — to provide insurance covering contraception. That’s according to a new poll that...
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