Wheaton College will stop providing any health insurance for students to avoid complying with the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. The move announced earlier this month takes effect Friday. It affects about 700 students, a quarter of the college’s student population.
The Chicago Tribune reports officials of the evangelical school said the ACA's compromise provision would force the college to violate its religious beliefs. That’s because, while the provision allows the school to register religious objections to covering contraception, the opt-out would result in the students getting the coverage anyway. It would come directly from the school’s insurance carrier.
