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Majority Of Catholics Believe Employers Should Cover Birth Control

More than 150 Catholic bishops have criticized  President Barack Obama’s approval of a law that will require religious  organizations to provide contraception coverage in employees’ insurance  offerings.

But a new study by the Public Religion Research  Institute shows that Catholics overwhelmingly support the new rules. The  poll reveals that six out of ten Catholics believe employers should be  required to provide their employees with healthcare plans that cover  contraception, while 55 percent of Americans at large supported the new  requirement.

White evangelicals opposed the new regulation  more than any other religious group, with 56 percent saying it imposed  on religious freedom.

Nearly 75 percent of Democrats approve of the new reform while only 36 percent of Republicans support it.

The  new law is part of the president’s healthcare overhaul, and will make  it mandatory for religious colleges, non-profits and hospitals to offer  employees insurance packages that include contraception coverage. While  some organizations will be granted an adjustment period, eventual  failure to provide coverage to employees could result in penalties

A  large proportion of Catholics polled did say, however, that the  government should not require churches to provide their employees with  insurance covering birth control.

Nearly three quarters of white evangelicals also agreed that churches should remain exempt from the new law.

By: Lauren Fox, Washington Whispers, U. S. News and World Report, February 7, 2012

February 8, 2012 - Posted by raemd95 | Affordable Care Act, Women's Health | Birth Control, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Church, Catholics, Contraception, Evangelicals, Politics