Letter to the Editor
Mar. 23, 2012
Constitutionality of contraception questioned
A reader responds to "Contraceptive coverage: Whose religious freedom is it anyway?"
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN
Constitutional rights can collide, and when they do, of course courts must reconcile contending interests. But in the case of contraceptive coverage, the collision is not between constitutional "equals." The tension is between the political agenda of the Obama administration to cater to the liberal female vote, and the First Amendment right of freedom of religion. (See Margaret Crosby's column "Contraceptive coverage: Whose rel...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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