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Amid Call For Compromise, Clarification Coming On Contraception

President Obama plans Friday statement; Mercy and SSM reportedly planned to fight birth control rules.

Numerous media outlets are reporting that President Barack Obama plans a statement Friday to address the groundswell of controversy over new federal health care mandates which would require employers to offer birth control coverage at no cost.

The mandate has struck a chord with Catholic organizations which would find the practice morally objectionable on religious grounds. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports Friday that and are among the Catholic organizations which have vowed to fight the regulations.

The Associated Press is reporting that in an 11:15 a.m. CT address, the President will announce a shift in policy which will require insurance carriers and not employers, to provide such coverage.

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