Pelosi: Self-Insured Religious Institutions Should Pay For Contraception
In her weekly press briefing, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was asked whether or not she believes the Catholic Church in Washington D.C., a self-insured institution, should have to pay for contraception coverage for its employees.
"I firmly believe -- I want to remove all doubt in anyone's mind where I am on this subject," Pelosi said. "This is an issue about women's health, and I believe that women's health should be covered in all of the insurance plans that are there."
Later, she says, "Yes, I think that all institutions that give health insurance should cover the full range of health insurance issues for women, and I think it's really curiouser and curiouser that as we get further into this debate, the Republican leadership of this Congress thinks it's appropriate to have a hearing on a subject of women's health and purposely exclude women from the panel. What else do you need to know about the subject?"
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