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NC Register - When ‘Rights’ to the Pill Trump the First Amendment

 BELMONT, N.C. — Federal action against Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina is only the latest in a decade-long effort to secure universal access to paid contraceptive-drug coverage.

The battle seems to be heating up; laws, legal action and government agencies take aim at Catholic organizations, even as President Obama promises “robust” conscience protection in health care.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in August that Belmont Abbey College, which is operated...

 

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