Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — Support for a religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate in the U.S. health reform plan is stronger among Catholics, especially those who attend church weekly, than among the general population, according to a new survey.
The poll released Feb. 14 by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press showed that 55 percent of Catholics who have heard about the controversy support giving religious institutions that object to the use of contraceptives an exemption from the regulation, while 39 percent oppose such an exemption.