1.  Define the following words as used in the article:
-exemption (from para. 2)
-preventive (from para. 2, 6)
-compliance (from para. 3)
-unconscionable (from para. 8, 12)
-conscience (from para. 9)

2.  a) What rule regarding the health-care reform law goes into effect August 1 of this year?  Be specific.
b)  What is the title of the health-care reform law?

3.  What allowance has the Department of Health and Human Services made for employers regarding the date they must begin implementing the health insurance requirement?

4.  a) Who is Kathleen Sebelius?
b)  What did Secretary Sebelius say about her department's decision to grant religious groups an extra year to comply with the law?
c)  Do you agree with her assertion?  Explain your answer.

5.  Why do critics oppose the contraceptive ruling?

6.  What viewpoint do Southern Baptist President Richard Land and Roman Catholic archbishop Timothy Dolan share?

7.  Re-read para. 16.  What do you think of Nancy Keenan's declaration?  Explain your answer.

8.  Do you support the Obama administration's decision to require all employers, regardless of religious convictions, to provide free contraceptives, including abortion-causing drugs, to their employees through their health insurance plans?  Explain your answer.

9.  Do you think religious leaders are unreasonable in their opposition to having the government force them to implement a policy that directly goes against the teaching of their faith? Explain your answer.