The National Academy of Sciences recommended Tuesday that all health insurance plans be required to cover a wide range of preventive services, including free contraceptives for women, under President Obama’s health care overhaul. …
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The panel’s report touched off a fierce debate.
Obstetricians, gynecologists, pediatricians, public health experts and Democratic women in Congress hailed the recommendation. …
But the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and some conservative groups, including the Family Research Council, opposed the recommendation because, they said, birth control is not a preventive service in the usual sense of the term.
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