Newt Takes On Contraception Rules

Newt Gingrich denounced Barack Obama’s requirement that Catholic organizations provide contraception—claiming that the president had declared war on the Catholic Church. The former speaker also slammed his competitor Mitt Romney, arguing that while he’s publicly taken issue with Obama’s actions, the former Massachusetts governor actually enacted a similar policy while in office, demanding that Catholic hospitals distribute abortion pills. The Associated Press notes that in 2005, Governor Romney did, in fact, require all hospitals in his state—Catholic ones included—to provide emergency contraception to rape victims.