Final Reg: Mandatory Free Contraceptives, Sterilizations, Abortion-Inducing Drugs Will Prevent 'Employee Absences' June 28, 2013 - 12:34 PM By Terence P. Jeffrey (CNSNews.com) -- The Obama administration is now officially declaring in the final text of a federal regulation that by requiring employers to provide women--but not men--with free sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs the government is actually forcing providers to accept a net economic gain because sterilizing and contracepting American women will result in fewer babies and reduce "employee absence." "Covering contraceptives also yields significant cost-savings," says the regulation. "A 2000 study estimated that it would cost 15 to...