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Sebelius: Decrease in Human Beings Will Cover Cost of Contraception Mandate "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel Thursday that a reduction in the number of human beings born in the United States will compensate employers and insurers for the cost of complying with the new HHS mandate that will require all health-care plans to cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that cause abortions.

“The reduction in the number of pregnancies compensates for the cost of contraception,” Sebelius said. She went on to say the estimated cost is “down not up.”

Sebelius took questions from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal."......

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Maiden Name: Kathleen Gilligan
Party: Democrat
Political Office: Kansas governor, elected 2002, re-elected 2006; Kansas Insurance Commissioner, 1994-2002; member, Kansas House of Representatives, 1986-1994
Business/Professional Experience: director, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, 1978-1986; aide, Kansas Department of Corrections, 1975-1977
Date of Birth: May 15, 1948
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Education: B.A., Trinity College (Washington, D.C.), 1970; M.P.A., University of Kansas, 1977
Spouse: K. Gary Sebelius, married 1974
Children: son Ned, born 1982; son John, born 1985
Religion: Roman Catholic
Home: Topeka, Kan. Source