Poll: Majority of Catholics believe employer health plans should cover contraception
 

Catholic Bishops, including New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond, say a federal ruling that will require religious-affiliated employers ? hospitals and colleges but not places of worship ? to provide employee insurance that includes contraception is ?an unprecedented attack on our religious liberty, which is a founding principle of our nation.?


Their parishioners, however, feel differently, at least according to survey results released today by the Public Religion Research Institute. 55 percent of total respondents ? and 58 percent of Catholic respondents ? told PRRI they believed that employers should provide contraception coverage.? [ Read more ]

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