Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has announced there will not be an exemption for no-cost birth control for employees of religious-affiliated institutions.  This will not impacts houses of worship, but will apply to non-profit institutions including hospitals, universities and service organizations.

In an election-year decision certain to disappoint religious conservatives, the Obama administration announced Friday that church-affiliated institutions will get only one additional year to meet a new rule to cover birth control free of charge.

Friday’s announcement by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius does not apply to houses of worship. Churches, synagogues, mosques and other places of worship were already exempt from the birth control coverage rule.

But in many cases, other religious-affiliated employers such as hospitals and universities traditionally have not provided any birth control coverage for their employees. They were seeking a broader exemption that would allow them to continue that practice.

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