White House Expands Exemptions from Contraception Mandate

Religion News Service’s David Gibson reports on the Obama administration’s latest proposed changes to the religious exemptions of its HHS mandate, which requires employers to provide contraception coverage to employees. He writes that the administration “sought to placate religious groups by broadening religious exemptions and giving faith-based organizations more room to maneuver around its controversial contraception mandate, but the new rules offer no loopholes for privately owned businesses.”

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