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Which Catholics Offer Birth Control? Look To The Insurers
Sisters of the Servants of Mary from Kansas City, Kan., at a rally in 2012. Catholic employers don't want to offer insurance coverage for contraceptives, but Catholic insurance companies have quietly arranged for coverage for years. (John Hanna/AP)
by NPR Staff
September 21, 2014, 11:10 AM ET
The Affordable Care Act requires that most health plans offer birth control to women.
Around the country, Catholic employers have been arguing in court that having anything to do with insurance coverage of contraceptives violates their freedom of religion.
But when the insurance companies themselves are Catholic, contraceptive coverage comes without a hitch.
Several Catholic insurance companies have been quietly arranging for contraceptive coverage for many years, often making it available to their policyholders through third-party providers, according to Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News, a partner of NPR.
http://www.npr.org/2014/09/21/350253582/which-catholics-offer-birth-control-look-to-the-insurers
2:36 audio at link.
