Video: Catholics take on the White House

>>> i'm tamron hall . the "news nation" is following the pressure some catholic leaders are putting on the white house to change its position. there are new signs today that it's open to some type of compromise with one of president's re-election advisors saying the administration is trying to strike a balance to a woman's right to preventive care and freedoms. religious institutions like hospitals or colleges must provide contraceptive coverage. timothy dolan who is president of the u.s. conference of catholic bishops said this is out rageous.

>> never before have the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscious.

>> catholics voted for the candidate who won in 2008 . 53% of catholics voted for president obama . in 2010 , 54% voted republican. joining me now is senior obama campaign advisor, anita dunn.

>> thank you for having me on today.

>> it would appear the numbers are your honor side when you look at the number of women who are karcatholic. you also look at the number of people who say they could be loyal and follow their faith and still support be use of contraception. why does the white house or administration feel it's necessary to compromise here?

>> i haven't heard that the white house is planning to compromise. i think what people have said and what is absolutely true is there is a one-year period to allow institutions to phase us in and figure out the bestway to do it. the facts are very simple. there are already 28 states that have this requirement including massachusetts, which had this requirement in 2002 , and governor romney, who has been attacking the president today on this policy was governor for four years and did nothing to change that because the reality is this is about birth control . it's 2012 and people who work for institutions, women who aren't catholic have right to the same coverage that everybody else in the united states have. it works. it's working in many places right now. over half of the u.s. population lives in one of those 28 states that has this as law already. it's not any kind of radical change from what's gone on before. it's about making sure that women have access to something that the institute of medicine , scientist, medical doctors , nurses believe women should have access to as apartment of their overall health coverage. i think this is one where everybody just needs to take a deep breath, calm down and look at the facts.

>> the fact is that david axelrod said we will look for way to move forward to guarantee women what they need and respect the prerogatives of religious institutions. they don't have to comply until 2013 and then thing s can be worked out. it's something that he was indicating the white house would be willing to talk to these religious leaders and respect the prerogatives of the religious institutions here.

>> i think the white house does respect the prerogatives of religious institutions. it's one of reasons why religious institutions are exempted for church, for places. i think what david was referring to was that year that the law is giving institutions to figure out the bestway to work this so that we do respect the religious institutions, but we also make sure that people who need and deserve the coverage get the coverage. i think that maybe people are reading a little into this, but the reality is that of course, the white house respects religious institutions. it's why there's an exemption in the law to begin with. people that will employ a lot of non- catholics , that they have the same rights that everybody else in the united states have. that's what we're talking about here. we're talking about birth control coverage.

>> let me ask you, there are people on the right, some of those who are running for president who say that the white house is going to backtrack here. there's a heated conversation where there was a prediction the white house will backtrack. this was a mistake. perhaps the administration stepping into quick sand . will there be a change regarding this issue from the white house ?

>> i can't speak to what people are predicting about the white house . i can speak to what the policy is and what the effects are. what i'd really like to speak to is there is so many people on the right being hypocrite cal about this. he was governor of massachusetts for four years. this policy was in effect in massachusetts ma. there was a mandate. he did nothing to chapg it and as far as i know, he never said anything about it and for him to discover this is a problem really does speak to what his entire candidacy is about which is the political opportunism i can attack the president regarding what my policies have been.

>> thank you.

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