Under fire from many sides, Obama alters birth control policyWASHINGTON – Under fierce election-year fire, President Barack Obama on Friday abruptly abandoned his stand that religious organizations must pay for birth control for workers, scrambling to end a furor raging from the Catholic Church to Congress to his re-election foes. He demanded insurance companies step in to provide the coverage instead. |
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President Barack Obama, standing with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, smiles Friday before announcing the revamp of his contraception policy. |