HHS Contraception Mandate Update

Despite an “accommodation” offered by the Obama administration on the HHS contraception mandate, opposition to this rule continues to strengthen.

Media reports:

National Catholic Register: U.S. Bishops to White House: 'Rescission of Mandate Only Solution' (10 FEB 12)

Catholic News Agency: White House fails to call Catholic bishops for mandate talks (9 FEB 12)

LifeSiteNews: Southern Baptist leader: If Obama mandate isn’t changed, Christians will go to jail (8 FEB 12)

Rhode Island Catholic: Concerned Catholics protest HHS mandate (9 FEB 12)

National Catholic Register: EWTN Files Suit to Block Contraception Mandate (9 FEB 12)

Chicago Tribune: White House defends contraception rules as criticism mounts (8 FEB 12)

The Hill: Healthwatch: Obama administration struggles to contain uproar over birth-control rule (8 FEB 12)

Reuters: Obama shift seeks to defuse birth-control fight (10 FEB 12)

New York Times: Bishops Were Prepared for Battle Over Birth Control Coverage (9 FEB 12)

Commentaries:

Standing on My Head: United We Stand (10 FEB 12)

Diocese of Providence: Statement of Bishop Tobin on HHS Mandate (2 FEB 12)

The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission: On the Obama administration’s abortion rule (7 FEB 12)

Msgr. Charles Pope: Understanding Oppostion to the HHS Mandate (Part 1): Why the Church Won’t Pay for Contraceptives. (6 FEB 12)

The Deacon's Bench: “Accommodation” (10 FEB 12)

National Catholic Register: Jimmy Akin: Don't Be Deceived! Evil Obama Policy Now Even MORE Evil! (10 FEB 12)

The Deacon's Bench: “Most people are both-and, not either-or…” (9 FEB 12)