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Birth control. and that makes sense because that's preventative care. we're trying to shift the health care system to preventative care. and now the final regulation is about to be adopted. and there's been a hard push by religious institutions to say that catholic hospitals, catholic universities, other institutions should be able to refuse to cover birth control for their employees, for students at catholic universities and so on. and we think that's a terrible mistake because we think that the people who have the conscience clause who can make their decisions about whether they want birth c...

Catholic faith or stop offering health insurance all together. one of the letters to the administration comes from the president of notre dame who says despite pushback from some he welcomes the president to speak on campus in 2009 hoping they could discuss differing view points on issues of life. here's what the president said back then. >> let's honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion and draft a sensible conscience clause and make sure all health care polices are grounded not only in sound science but also in clear ethics. as well as respect for the equality of women. those...

This is a very strong statement, and, the conscience clause many of the health providers, especially those of the religious persuasion need for this legislation so they'd make sure they were not forced to do abortion and that is also in this executive order. this executive order has this full force of law and is a good agreement. what we like statutory language? yes, but you can get it through the senate. >> so this is a done deal, for you and there is nothing else between now and the actual vote that could possibly change your mind, back to a "no" vote, is that right? you are not focussing on...

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