Christian colleges such as Wheaton in Illinois can simply “inform the Department of Health and Human Services of its religious objections and the department would then contact insurance companies and arrange the birth control coverage at no cost to the employer or its employees,” under the Obama administration’s latest attempt to satisfy the Supreme Court on contraceptive coverage, The New York Times reports.
Wheaton already secured an injunction from the Supreme Court this summer against having to comply with the administration’s earlier “compromise,” which would have made the college arrange for birth-control coverage directly with its insurance provider. That injunction laid out the same path adopted by the administration in Friday’s rule, which took effect immediately.
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