Obama announces change in contraceptive policy President Obama announced a plan Friday to accommodate religious organizations and others that are opposed to a new policy requiring contraceptive coverage for employees by making insurance companies the ones responsible for providing free contraception. The change would make the insurance companies, and not religious employers, responsible. Women would still have access to birth control without co-pays -- but religious schools and hospitals could refuse to cover it, passing the onus to the insurance companies. The change was described by a senior adviser as an "accommodation" -- but advisers said the announcement does not represent a "compromise." The move comes as several prominent Democratic lawmakers have urged the Obama administration to reconsider its position, which some consider an infringement of religious freedom. Vice President Biden said in an interview a day earlier that he was "determined" to work out the dispute. Biden is among a string of Catholic administration officials who reportedly voiced concerns with the policy as it was being hashed out. Obama announced the rule in January, requiring organizations to provide birth control coverage without a co-pay for employees. The rule exempts churches and houses of worship but would apply to other religious organizations in 2013. Catholic leaders have vigorously opposed the policy. In Congress, Republicans have threatened to overturn the rule if the administration does not change course. The issue has also taken center stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington this week, and on the Republican presidential campaign trail. Still, Obama has rallied Democratic allies to his side in defense of the policy and its intent to expand access for women to contraceptive services. Claims that the change does not mark a compromise may indicate an unwillingness by the administration to be seen as backpedaling on the issue. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...dation-on-contraceptive-policy/#ixzz1m08xt7Uu I called it. He knows that he is doomed in November. He folded like a house of cards to the Catholic church. _
Hispanics are too large of a group to lose for the Democrats. He better get busy with talk of amnesty quick to heal this wound.
He was wrong. Hes a communist/progressive, he wants to control other peoples lives and wallets. He needs to **** of the oval office.
This sounds more like the same old bovine excrement repackaged in a new box...The religious institutions do not pay directly, they instead pay indirectly. What remains the same is the paying...
Looks like they tweaked it in a most minor way..... If the Catholic Church is happy with this, all the strife over this issue should fade pretty quick.
Interesting. Looks like the Republicans were wrong and Obama isn't a dictator. Noway a dictator would listen to the people and reverse a decision.
That's what I was thinking too. But they did force Der Furher to back down to the Catholic Church and that is a small victory.
You're willing to bet that Obama is a political dumbass that alienated most of his base along with practically every other voting bloc out there during an election year? Just who exactly were you going to wager this bet with?
Good it was never an issue more and nothing more than a distraction in the first place. Now the GOP and Conservatives need to find another Social Issue to dodge the Economy and Jobs.
"Alienated most of his base along with practically every other voting bloc out there?" Really? Do you honestly believe that this is what happened during this BC mandate kerfuffle? You my friend are desperately out of touch to the point of delusion.
Now now, he may be right. Liberals tend to look at their benevolent dictators this way. One hand giveth, the other taketh away. Obama takes something, but when he gives it back, people celebrate his generosity.
No hyperbole, at all. Pissing off Catholics could cost him a huge chunk of the Hispanic vote. If this wasn't a political threat, he would have never reneged on it. He's always right, remember?
no surprises that it gets done on a Friday Let's wait to see if the SCOTUS makes any ruling about the unconstitutional Obamacare before november that would absolutely sink him for the SCOTUS to deem unconstitutional what he, a self professed constitution scholar crammed down our throats
Really? Where did you get these numbers... oh wait, you're not presenting numbers, you're presenting some regurgitated "facts" that you glommed off your favorite right-wing source.
Unless I'm missing something in the payment system, Obama missed it by a mile, cause the Church is still not going to pay for any insurance that covers artificial birth control. It being free and with no co-pay doesn't change anything...
