http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/11/nyregion/catholic-institutions-reluctantly-comply-with-ny-contraceptives-law.html?_r=1
N.Y. Law on Contraceptives Already in Place, and Catholic Institutions Comply
By JOSEPH BERGER and THOMAS KAPLAN
Published: February 10, 2012
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Although Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York has vociferously argued that a national requirement for religiously affiliated institutions to cover birth control in their insurance plans is immoral and unacceptable, some Roman Catholic organizations in his own backyard have for 10 years been grudgingly complying with a state law making them do precisely that.
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But some Catholic institutions now offer health insurance plans that include contraceptive drugs among the services they cover for employees and students, though with caveats.
Manhattan College, which was founded in 1853 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Catholic religious order, has an employee insurance plan that “covers birth control prescriptions, and as with all prescriptions, requires a co-pay,” a spokeswoman, Liz Connolly Bauman, said. She added, however, that “under no circumstances does the college provide students with prescriptions,” nor does its employee plan cover “abortions, drugs that induce abortion, sterilization or services relating to the restoration of fertility.”
Students needing prescriptions obtain them from their personal physicians, she said.
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[JR: Wow, that's a revelation! Would have thought that Alma Mater didn't have the huevos for a First Amendment fight. Don't we have any Jasper lawyers who take up the gauntlet and fight for her? Even if they didn't want the fight, alums should "help" Leadership. Then we would NOT have to report this embarrassing admission. You only have the rights you're willing to fight for.]
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