The New York Times reports that the Affordable Care Act might require insurers to provide coverage for birth control and other reproductive health services:
The law says insurers must cover “preventive health services” and cannot charge for them. The administration has asked a panel of outside experts to help identify the specific preventive services that must be covered for women.
Administration officials said they expected the list to include contraception and family planning because a large body of scientific evidence showed the effectiveness of those services.
Predictably, social conservatives are outraged:
