Good grief! Listening to the news, I just heard that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has now decided, under the president’s directive, I can only assume, that the religious convictions of providers is more important than the patient’s need for health care. I didn’t know that we were a religious country. The Constitution expressly forbids church interference in government. Who will be hurt by this ruling? Folks in rural areas and the poor who have few or no alternatives, women seeking contraception of all kinds – these are the Americans who will suffer. Help!

JANET MOORE

Andover