Patrick Whelan

Harvard and USC

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Doctor and member of the Pediatrics Faculties at Harvard Medical School in Boston and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles; President of Catholic Democrats

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President Obama said today he won't back down on the  new rule  that insurance plans – even at religious institutions -- provide free contraceptives to all women employees for family…

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