S.C.R. No. 26 Summary

• Urges the President to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to rescind the August 2011 rule requiring religious employers to include contraceptive services in health insurance plans

• Calls on Congress to enact the "Respect for Rights of Conscience Act" (H.R. 1179 and S. 1467) to prohibit health plans from requiring providers to offer services contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions

• Asserts that the contraceptive coverage mandate violates religious freedom protections under the First Amendment and departs from longstanding federal policy exempting organizations from participating in health services against their conscience

• Requires the Ohio Senate Clerk to transmit copies of the resolution to the President, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Congress, Ohio's Congressional delegation, and Ohio news media