"According to figures from the Guttmacher Institute for 2010, 90 percent of U.S. employer-based health plans already cover a 'full range of prescription contraceptives,' an amount that has tripled in a decade. Add to that the fact that the U.S. currently spends $2.37 billion a year domestically for 'family planning,' and that, according to HHS's Kathleen Sebelius, 'contraceptive services are available at sites such as community health centers, public clinics, and hospitals with income-based support,' and you have to ask: what exactly was the problem the mandate was supposed to address?"  MORE >>