Life, Liberty, and HHS

(Breakpoint - John Stonestreet) It’s a venerable Washington tradition to save controversial and/or embarrassing announcements for Friday afternoons, hoping that when Monday rolls around, people’s attention will be elsewhere.

And what better time to try and slip one past the American people than the Friday before the Super Bowl? Thus, last Friday, the Obama administration announced some further modifications to the HHS mandate. This is version 3.0 of that part of Obamacare that requires employers to pay for contraception, sterilization and abortifacients, irrespective of their religious convictions.
What was announced on Friday was an attempt to mollify critics while remaining true to the worldview that— pun fully intended — gave birth to these new regulations in the first place.  MORE