U.S. moves to ensure birth control access at religious companies

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U.S. moves to ensure birth control access at religious companies

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-propose-birth-control-exception-religious-companies-source-191518962.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/dgLN_mROXyYT8PSv3TcF0w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-22T191518Z_1_LYNXMPEA7L0SH_RTROPTP_2_FRANCE-CONTRACEPTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="An illustration picture shows a woman holding a pill at her home in Nice" align="left" title="An illustration picture shows a woman holding a pill at her home in Nice" border="0" /></a>(Reuters) - The Obama administration will ensure access to birth control coverage for employees of closely held companies that object on religious grounds to contraception, one of the health benefits mandated by the Affordable Care Act. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed certain for-profit companies to refuse to cover contraceptives due to the religious beliefs of their owners. It provides for insurers to offer contraception to employees through separate coverage. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law requires companies to provide free birth control coverage as a preventive service included in their health plans.</p><br clear="all"/>

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