Hot News Stories (2/15/12)
Huffington Post (USA)
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, in a statement to The Huffington Post, weighed in heavily against a toughly-worded measure being considered in the Senate that would greatly restrict women’s access to critical health care services on a subjective basis.
New York Times (USA)
Some New York Catholic institutions — including the Archdiocese of New York— chose to self-insure rather than pay for contraception after New York State adopted a requirement in 2002 that any insurance policy with a prescription drug benefit provide coverage for birth control.
Kansas City Star (KS)
An influential anti-choice legislator is blocking the push for a ban on abortion in the Kansas Constitution, highlighting a split among extremists over tactics and frustrating the group advocating the “personhood” proposal Friday.
