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WASHINGTON (RNS) A House committee holds hearings Thursday that will find the Obama administration guilty of trampling on religious freedom by requiring employers to provide insurance that includes contraception coverage. By Lauren Markoe.

Topics: Politics, Legislation
Tags: bishop william lori, catholic bishops, congress, contraception mandate, darrell issa, government reform and oversight committee, lutheran church-missouri synod, matthew harrison

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