Obama admin’s attempt to follow Supreme Court’s birth-control ruling pleases few

The Obama administration on Friday tried to extinguish lingering concerns about Obamacare’s birth-control mandate, issuing final rules on how closely held corporations and religious nonprofits can opt out.

Health and Human Services Department officials said it rewrote its rules after the Hobby Lobby crafts chain and other devout business owners successfully challenged the mandate before the Supreme Court last year.

They also tried to mollify religious nonprofits who say their plans are used an conduits for sinful activity.

“Women across the