ed whelan is the president of his organization. if you want to read and learn more about their position on things, you can go to their web site. "usa today" has a couple of editorial pieces. guest: i think that is dead on. imagine that you have a national school lunch program which all schools are required to participate even for example jewish schools. as part of the program the government says we will require all schools participating in the program to make pork available for free to their students and because we did it is a wonder meat. violation of religious freedom would be obvious there and the same principle applies. it is a clear-cut violation of the religious freedom restoration act, a law enacted in 1993. it is a deliberate and willful violation of that act by this administration. host: there's a little bit from the white house press secretary jay carney on all this. >> let's be clear. in some of the commentary, misstatements about what it does. no individual people required to use or prescribe contraception. this rule do

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a group opposed to the administration's ruling. >> we have ed whelan president of ethics and public policy center of. good morning. helped us explain to give us a take on with the obama administration health in human services department put out which some are calling the contraception mandate. but as we get started we will synopsis of the new role based on the media reports be well get the take this is the hhs final rule on private insurance plans point* #1. >> requires them to have contraceptive services >> host: give us in the new ones and your take them perspective. >> guest: i will emphasize a few additional points. it is not just contraceptive that also operates but the one-year transition has enabled some to adapt to the law is a narrow exemption. it is not available to everyone. third, but category phase institutions that are exempt are likewise extremely narrow. anybody an offense who has a number of non catholic employees probably would not be exempt. and the $2,000 fine? that is the base line that will grow later but an institution like neutered game that has 5,000 employe

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