The Week - The Senate prepares to vote on a controversial contraception amendment, North Korea agrees to suspend its nuclear program, and more in our roundup of the stories that are making news and driving opinion1. SENATE TO VOTE ON BLUNT'S CONTRACEPTION AMENDMENTAs the culture wars continue, the Senate is set to vote Thursday on a controversial amendment to President Obama's policy on birth-control coverage. The new measure, sponsored by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), would allow employers and insurers to opt out of any mandated health-insurance coverage, including birth control, they object to for religious or moral reasons. On Wednesday, GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney initially said he would oppose such legisltation, but then, hours later said he supported the Blunt amendment. [CNN]………………………………………………………………………………
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