Democrats lobby against any broader exceptions to contraceptive coverage
By N.C. Aizenman, Published: November 22
Democratic lawmakers, fearful that President Obama is on the verge of significantly diluting a proposed regulation that would give millions of women access to birth control without out-of-pocket insurance charges, are furiously lobbying the White House to hold the line.
At issue is whether the provision, announced in August, should exempt a far broader range of religious organizations than originally proposed.
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“I think in the 21st century, most people are stunned to hear that we would even be talking about whether women can buy birth control through their insurance policies,” said Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), a leader of the group, who participated in one of last week’s calls. “You would be denying millions of Americans the ability to have an essential part of their insurance coverage because of some attenuated religious affiliation of their employer.”
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