{"id":5305,"date":"2011-08-02T07:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5305"},"modified":"2011-08-01T23:24:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T03:24:20","slug":"baptist-press-obamacare-requires-insurance-to-cover-morning-after-abortion-pill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/baptist-press-obamacare-requires-insurance-to-cover-morning-after-abortion-pill","title":{"rendered":"Baptist Press: Obamacare requires insurance to cover &#8220;morning-after&#8221; abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration announced Aug. 1 that insurance plans must cover without cost to women contraceptives that can cause abortions, reports Baptist Press.<\/p>\n<p>Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said last year&#8217;s controversial health-care reform law \u2013- dubbed &#8220;Obamacare&#8221; by its critics &#8212; would provide no-cost coverage of drugs with abortion-inducing properties such as &#8220;ella,&#8221; Plan B and Next Choice. The HHS action was expected. The department incorporated in its guidelines recommendations released July 19 by an Institute of Medicine committee.<\/p>\n<p>The services will be required in insurance policies that begin their plan years Aug. 1, 2012, or thereafter, according to HHS.<\/p>\n<p>Under the guidelines, all methods approved as contraceptives by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would be included in a range of services offered to patients free of charge.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bpnews.net\/BPnews.asp?ID=35857\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Obama administration announced Aug. 1 that insurance plans must cover without cost to women contraceptives that can cause abortions, reports Baptist Press. 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