https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/02/10/breaking-white-house-to-announce-compromise-to-its-controversial-abortifacient-mandate/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 10:45:20 -0400<![CDATA[On a hastily arranged conference call with press this morning, the Obama administration announced that President Obama will reveal changes to the administration&#8217;s contraceptive/abortifacient mandate. That mandate, part of the still unpopular ObamaCare legislation, forced religious hospitals and charities to purchase insurance that includes provisions that are at odds with core church teachings. It has created a firestorm for the administration over the past week. Catholic bishops in a majority of the nation&#8217;s parishes had spoken out against the mandate from their pulpits, rejecting it for forcing religious hospitals to purchase insurance that includes contraceptive, sterilization and abortifacient services that are contrary to the church&#8217;s core teachings. Over the ensuing days, a broad coalition of Catholic and Protestant leaders, current and former officials in both parties and even liberal members of the press spoke out strongly against the mandate.]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:16:56 -0500<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/02/10/breaking-white-house-to-announce-compromise-to-its-controversial-abortifacient-mandate-n160812