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U.S. health secretary urges contraception compromise
Source: Reuters
U.S. health secretary urges contraception compromise
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON | Fri May 18, 2012 1:43pm EDT
(Reuters) - The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy.
U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a speech at Georgetown University a few miles from the White House, praised the new U.S. healthcare law requiring coverage and called for "conversation and compromise."
Sebelius has become the public face for the contraception rules issued earlier this year that have provoked fierce backlash from Catholic Church officials, political conservatives and anti-abortion advocates. The issue has become a point of debate in the U.S. presidential race.
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By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON | Fri May 18, 2012 1:43pm EDT
(Reuters) - The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy.
U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a speech at Georgetown University a few miles from the White House, praised the new U.S. healthcare law requiring coverage and called for "conversation and compromise."
Sebelius has become the public face for the contraception rules issued earlier this year that have provoked fierce backlash from Catholic Church officials, political conservatives and anti-abortion advocates. The issue has become a point of debate in the U.S. presidential race.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-contraception-sebelius-idUSBRE84H0U220120518
