Thanks to an Obamacare regulation that took effect on Aug. 1, health
care plans in Oregon will now be required to provide free sterilizations
to 15- year-old girls even if the parents of those girls do not consent
to the procedure.Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius finalized the regulation earlier this year.
It says that all health care plans in the United States–except those provided by actual houses of worship organized under the section of the Internal Revenue Code reserved for churches per se–must provide coverage, without cost-sharing, for sterilizations and all Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptives to “all women with reproductive capacity.”
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