The article about Catholic hospitals' objections to providing contraceptives for their employees presented only a small part of the issue. Much more is involved in the objection of these hospitals to this mandate.

The "contraceptive coverage" includes Ella and Plan B pills which sometimes act as early abortifacients, resulting in the destruction of lives of the unborn. Those drugs really make a mockery of the word contraceptive when a fertilized egg is destroyed. The hospitals rightfully object to providing coverage for a drug which clearly violates the consciences of millions of citizens.

Diane Hansen, Kennewick