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Featured e-alert
I thought this fight was over – but I was wrong. As advocates for women’s health, we know that cost can keep women from getting health care – and we celebrated when we learned that the health law would guarantee well woman exams, STI screening and contraception without any additional fees.
If you’ve been following the news, however, you know that this important step forward is at risk. And you might think Catholics are unhappy with President Obama’s decision to require insurance companies to cover contraception. But a couple of polls released yesterday showed that just isn’t true! Well over half of voters, including a majority of Catholic voters, support the decision to require insurance plans to cover contraceptives. They agree with us that all women should have access to contraception, have it without a co-pay, and have it no matter where they work.
Read more about this in our latest
e-alert.