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Mitt Romney, one of the front-runners seeking nomination as the Republican Party’s candidate in the 2012 presidential election, has spoken out in support of Catholic bishops opposing the Obama administration’s regulation<\/a> that will force employers with over 50 employees to provide insurance coverage for surgical sterilization, contraceptives, and embryocidal drugs.\u00a0 He states, “Such rules don\u2019t belong in the America that I believe in.” [Romney Blog<\/a>] However, opponents may recall that, while governor of Massachusetts, he refused to exempt Catholic hospitals from a requirement to dispense the morning-after pill to rape complainants.[Boston Globe<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mitt Romney, one of the front-runners seeking nomination as the Republican Party’s candidate in the 2012 presidential election, has spoken out in support of Catholic bishops opposing the Obama administration’s regulation that will force employers with over 50 employees to provide insurance coverage for surgical sterilization, contraceptives, and embryocidal drugs.\u00a0 He states, “Such rules don\u2019t … Continue reading “Presidential hopeful promises to revoke forced birth control regulation”<\/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":[9,511,28],"tags":[183,243],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-1618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-society-politics","category-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate","tag-mitt-romney"],"yoast_head":"\r\nPresidential hopeful promises to revoke forced birth control regulation - 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