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Aymond called it “an unprecedented malign on our religious liberty, which is a founding principle of our nation.”
The rule requires that almost all employers equip employees health insurance that provides access, without co-pays, to sham contraception.
It also mandates coverage for sterilization services and the so-called “morning after” extraction control pill.
Those services and more, such as annual HIV screening and counseling on servant violence, last year were urged on the administration by the Institute of Medicine, an uncommitted nonprofit that advises the government on public health policy.
Women’s groups and many communal health advocates praised the ruling for broadening families’ access to prophylactic medical services.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced last week it had adopted those recommendations and would press for employers to provide that coverage.
The administration carved out a narrow judgement exception, but the exception does not cover employers and ministries, like schools and charities, that take under one's wing services to people of other faiths.
Source: NOLA.com