The White House said Friday it would address the controversial decision that would require religious-affiliated institutions to provide health insurance that includes coverage for birth control.
At 12:15 p.m. ET, President Barack Obama will deliver a statement from the White House press briefing room.
According to a source who has been briefed on the matter, the White House will announce an "accommodation" to the contraception rule. The announcement will try to ease the concerns of those with religious views by not requiring them to pay for contraception.
This effectively means that insurance companies will pay for the contraception coverage directly.
According to The Associated Press, women will still get guaranteed access to birth control without co-pays or premiums no matter where they work, a provision of Obama's health care law that he insisted must remain.
But religious universities and hospitals that see contraception as an unconscionable violation of their faith can refuse to cover it, and insurance companies will then have to step in to do so.
Following an intense White House debate that led to the original policy, officials said Obama seriously weighed the concerns over religious liberty, leading to the revamped decision.
February 10, 2012
Obama to Change Contraceptive Rule
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All Obama ended up doing here is mandating insurance companies give "free" contraception, sterilization, etc. Well, somebody has to pay for it, so tax payers are still being saddled with paying for abortions, and/or other insurance customers. It's still a government mandate that citizens and companies must buy a private product or get fined/go to jail. The Supreme Court will hear this in late Spring or early Summer. Nearly half this country STILL doesn't see this president and his political party are totalitarians.
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