{"id":1616,"date":"2012-02-05T11:49:56","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2012-02-05T11:49:56","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T19:49:56","slug":"sebelius-defends-forced-coverage-usa-today-editorial-opposes-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1616","title":{"rendered":"Sebelius defends forced coverage: USA Today editorial opposes it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in <em>USA Today<\/em>, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/story\/2012-02-05\/Kathleen-Sebelius-contraception-exemption\/52975092\/1\"> has defended her plan<\/a> to force employers to pay for insurance coverage for surgical sterilization, contraceptives, and embryocidal drugs.\u00a0 She avoids the issue of coercion of employers entirely and claims that the narrow &#8216;religious exemption&#8217; is adequate, despite nationwide protests to the contrary [See <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/https:\/\/www.consciencelaws.org\/background\/\/maps-charts\/map-usa-001.aspx\">Map of institutions resisting the HHS &#8220;preventive services&#8221; mandate<\/a>].\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/opinion\/editorials\/story\/2012-02-05\/contraception-mandate-religious-freedom\/52975796\/1\"> <em>USA Today<\/em> editorial <\/a>stated that &#8220;the Obama administration didn&#8217;t just cross&#8221; the line separating church and stated, but &#8220;galloped over it, requiring employers affiliated with the Catholic Church to include free birth control in their health insurance plans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing in USA Today, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has defended her plan to force employers to pay for insurance coverage for surgical sterilization, contraceptives, and embryocidal drugs.\u00a0 She avoids the issue of coercion of employers entirely and claims that the narrow &#8216;religious exemption&#8217; is adequate, despite nationwide protests &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=1616\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Sebelius defends forced coverage: USA Today editorial opposes it&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9,28],"tags":[183,213],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-news","category-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-kathleen-sebelius"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Sebelius defends forced coverage: USA Today editorial opposes it - 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