The Obama administration's
policy requiring most employers to provide free birth
control coverage
in their
health insurance policies takes effect on Wednesday (Aug. 1)- a deadline that has sparked apocalyptic warnings from conservative activists and some faith groups.
The executive order directs the U.S. Departments of
Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury, and Labor to consider issuing policy that would allow employers, schools, and other entities to refuse to cover women's preventive health services, including birth control, in their insurance plans on the basis of religious or moral obje
Health and Human Services (HHS), Treasury, and Labor to consider issuing
policy that would allow employers, schools, and other entities to refuse to cover women's preventive
health services, including birth control, in their insurance plans on the basis of religious or moral obje
health services, including birth
control,
in their
insurance plans on the basis of religious or moral objection.