A few weeks ago, we reported the wonderful news that The White House did not cave to religious groups who objected to the new rules in the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to offer no co-pay birth control in their health insurance plans.

Religious groups like the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops objected to the new rules and at the time were given a one year grace period to allow for these religious organizations to transition into covering contraception in their health insurance plans. This grace period was agreed to in order to allow accommodation for employers who were not previously covering birth control. But the grace period was not negotiable, after a year religious institutions including Catholic hospitals, ...