U.S. Senate Democrats Split Over Obama’s Contraception Rule
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The Obama administration’s decision to issue a contraception-coverage rule without a broad exemption for religious groups is creating an election-year split among Senate Democrats, with some Catholics in the party joining Republicans in calls to modify or scrap it.
Senator Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat up for re-election in November, introduced a bill yesterday that would block the federal government from requiring health insurance plans to cover contraception if the purchaser opposes it for religious or moral reasons.