To: gamesmistress who wrote (24598 ) 8/23/2012 11:19:08 AM From: Wharf Rat Read Replies (1) | Respond to "I've seen lefties post the "dirty little secret" that many religious institutions DO pay for contraceptives. Which is it?" In October 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down a request by Catholic Charities to review a similar law , the California Women's Contraceptive Equity Act. The ACLU filed a friend-of-the-court brief in that case, Catholic Charities v. Superior Court, as well. dailykos.com thinkprogress.org University of Scranton, for example, appears to specifically cover contraception . The University of San Francisco offers employees two health plans, both of which cover abortion, contraception and sterilization…Also problematic is the Jesuit University of Scranton . One of its health insurance plans, the First Priority HMO, lists a benefit of “contraceptives when used for the purpose of birth control.” DePaul University in Chicago covers birth control in both its fully insured HMO plan and its self-insured PPO plan and excludes “elective abortion,” said spokesman John Holden, adding that the 1,800 employee-university responded to a complaint from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission several years ago and added artificial contraception as a benefit to its Blue Cross PPO.Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn., offers employee health insurance via the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, a consortium of Christian Bible and other private college and universities. Its plan excludes abortion, but probably covers artificial contraception as a prescription drug, said C. Gregg Conroy, the executive director of the TICUA Benefit Consortium.
