Obama to ease contraceptive rule for religious groupsLos Angeles Times | Feb. 10, 2012 | 8:13 a.m. Faced with opposition from religious organizations, the Obama administration will change its rule requiring employers to offer free contraceptive coverage in their healthcare plans and will allow additional religious groups to opt out of the mandate, senior administration officials said today. President Obama is due to discuss the changes at 9:15 a.m. PST. More soon at http://latimes.com.