Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Nov. 14, 2011 that $1 billion in health care grants were a way of ‘sparking’ the U.S. economy. (CNSNews.com/Penny Starr)

(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House panel Thursday that a reduction in the number of human beings born in the United States will compensate employers and insurers for the cost of complying with the new HHS mandate that will require all health-care plans to cover sterilizations and all FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that cause abortions.
“The reduction in the number of pregnancies compensates for the cost of contraception,” Sebelius said. She went on to say the estimated cost is “down not up.”

Sebelius took questions from the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health about President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal.

Sebelius Claims ‘No Abortifacient Drug’ Covered by Contraception Mandate

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and President Barack Obama at the White House on Feb. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claimed in a congressional hearing on Thursday that the new HHS regulation that requires all health-care plans in the United States to cover sterilziations and all FDA-approved contraceptives will not require the plans to cover any abortifacients, which cause the death of a human embyro.
However, all FDA-approved contraceptives include emergency contraceptives such as Plan B and Ella (Ulipristal), which do in fact cause the death of human embryos.
At a hearing of the Health Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday, Sebelius said, “There also is no abortifacient drug that is part of the FDA-approved contraception [list].”

Sebelius, under questioning by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.), a clinical psychologist, said that the so-called “Morning After” pill is not an abortifacient because it does not interfere with pregnancy.