The Affordable Care Act, Nonprofit Employers and Employees’ Access to Birth Control

The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most employers, including church-affiliated hospitals and other institutions, provide health care coverage for contraceptives to their employees is receiving a great deal of press.  Given the obvious relevance of the story to nonprofits, I have reproduced below some representative articles.  The first and last stories suggest that David Axelrod may be hinting that there is room for compromise in this politically charged election year:

Obama’s senior political adviser urges all sides in birth control fight to ‘lower our voices’

Poll: Americans support contraception coverage, divided over religious exemptions

Catholic hospitals split on giving contraceptives

White House says open to compromise over contraception

JRB