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Affiliated hospitals, schools and charities to provide birth control coverage in their employee health care plans. the rule exempts churches and it does not mandate any person to violate religious believes. if a person does not want to use birth control, they don't have to. no government official is going to force them to. what the policy does is give employees of their religious institutions the same access to birth control as every other woman. also, the new policy applies only to insurance carriers, not health providers. so if a catholic hospital objects to providing birth control to a pati...

and sharp and sudden turnaround by the obama administration. the white house now says it's tweaking the health care reform provision that sparked a sudden confrontation between church and state as well as republicans and democrats. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here in "the situation room" watching all of this unfold. it was pretty dramatic what happened. >> it was, and all of this caught the white house off-guard. there's no sign that the uproar is dying down. the president plays cleanup. >> they will not have to pay foror provide contraceptive services, but ...

>> it's x factor this year because there's a game changer now in the santorum momentum that's happening reet now and cpac is a very dynamic place. if a person has a speech that takes over the place, it could change everything. i was at the straw poll, the florida straw poll about three months ago when herman cain won. and that surprised everybody. and that started his momentum going forward until the herman cain implosion occurred. and i think that right now rick santorum has a unique opportunity to gain unprecedented momentum because mitt romney has chosen not to connect with the co...

Martha. martha: it's so troubling, that poor family of that little girl. heather, thank you very much. >> reporter: you're welcome. bill: is the white house doing an about face? more on the policy that would require catholic hospitals and universities to offer their employees health plans with birth control coverage. now the president's senior campaign adviser david axelrod suggests that it may be open to a compromise. >> we certainly don't want to aeu bridge anyone's religious freedom. we will look for a which to move forward that, both guarantees women that basic preventive care that they ne...