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Family Planning Perspectives

| March 01, 2002 | Hollander, Dore | COPYRIGHT 2002 Blackwell Publishers Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Although the Church hierarchy and many Catholic employers oppose legislation requiting that employee health benefits include coverage of contraceptives, a sizable proportion of Catholic universities have devised ways to offer such coverage to faculty members "in a manner that they feel does not compromise their identity as Catholic institutions." (1) Of the 121 four-year Catholic universities that participated in a survey conducted in 2001, all but one provide coverage for pregnancy-related services as part of their health benefits. Sixty--about one-third of all Catholic universities in the United States--offer a choice of plans, including at least one that covers contraceptives. Fourteen of these schools are in states that require contraceptive coverage in ...

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