154 members of the US House of Representatives from both Democratic and Republican parties have signed a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius stating that the regulation that forces objecting employers to provide insurance coverage for surgical sterilization, contraceptives, and embryocidal drugs is “an unprecedented overreach by the federal government that infringes upon rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.” They asked that the regulation be suspended until it is certain that employers and individuals “are afforded their constitutionally protected rights.”