{"id":2282,"date":"2013-02-28T23:59:19","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T23:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2013-03-19T01:48:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T01:48:00","slug":"update-on-american-hhs-birth-control-mandate-controversy-february-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"Update on American HHS birth control mandate controversy: February, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits against a federal regulation continue to be filed\u00a0 and are at various stages of litigation and appeal.\u00a0 The contested regulation requires employers of 50 or more people to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives, embryocides and surgical sterilization, even if the employers\u00a0object to the services for reasons of concience.\u00a0 As a\u00a0result of the lawsuits and widespread protests, the Obama<br \/>\nadministration has proposed amendments to the\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/consciencelaws.org\/law\/commentary\/legal065-002.aspx\">regulation<\/a>, which have been rejected as unsatisfactory by\u00a0its opponents (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/02\/08\/health\/bishops-reject-white-house-proposal-on-contraceptive-coverage.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a>). Judges\u00a0are split on the issue.\u00a0 (<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2013\/feb\/08\/nation\/la-na-employers-religion-20130209\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>) (For a map and up-to-date overview of lawsuits filed against\u00a0the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, see the Becket\u00a0Fund\u2019s\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:_gaq.push(['_trackEvent','outbound-article','http:\/\/www.becketfund.org']);\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becketfund.org\/hhsinformationcentral\/\"><br \/>\nHHS Information Central<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawsuits against a federal regulation continue to be filed\u00a0 and are at various stages of litigation and appeal.\u00a0 The contested regulation requires employers of 50 or more people to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives, embryocides and surgical sterilization, even if the employers\u00a0object to the services for reasons of concience.\u00a0 As a\u00a0result of the lawsuits &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=2282\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Update on American HHS birth control mandate controversy: February, 2013&#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":[9,28],"tags":[183],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-2282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-usa","tag-hhs-preventive-services-mandate"],"yoast_head":"\r\n<title>Update on American HHS birth control mandate controversy: February, 2013 - 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