MAIL ONLINE: Reform law demands free birth control to be provided at Catholic hospitals and universities / Catholics make up quarter of U.S. population / Some now rethinking vote come election time
Prominent Catholic leaders across the U.S. have threatened to turn voters against President Obama over his controversial plans to offer free birth control.
The fight is over a provision of the health reform law announced on January 20 that would require health insurance plans -- including those offered by institutions such as Catholic-affiliated hospitals and universities -- to offer free birth control including sterilization.
According to estimates, there are some 70 million Catholic voters – and many could be posed to vote against the president in the crucial upcoming election.
Catholic League head Bill Donohue said: ‘Never before, unprecedented in American history, for the federal government to line up against the Roman Catholic Church,’ CBS New York reported.
'This is going to be fought out with lawsuits, with court decisions and, dare I say it, maybe even in the streets.' Read on and comment » | Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, February 07, 2012
