The Obama administration is under increasing pressure to reverse its order mandating that religious organizations cover abortion-inducing contraceptives in insurance plans, with congressional Republicans threatening legislative action and two prominent Christian leaders calling it the “greatest threat to religious freedom in our lifetime.” The issue is being portrayed in the media as a Catholic-only issue but has ballooned into much more than that, and now has evangelical leaders involved. And with abortion-inducing drugs in the mix, it’s also more than a spat about contraceptives.
