1.   Both chambers have included provisions that would require contraceptive coverage, although the House would give health care providers the chance to opt out for religious reasons.

2.   Advocacy groups have been complaining about the inequity in contraceptive coverage for decades.

3.   Both Hawaii and Virginia have laws requiring insurance companies to offer contraceptive coverage.

4.   But many states have passed their own laws, requiring at least some employers to provide contraceptive coverage.

5.   But the matter of contraceptive coverage stood out as chief among them.

6.   In Massachusetts, Senator Dianne Wilkerson has proposed a bill to make contraceptive coverage mandatory.

7.   Insurance companies vary widely on contraceptive coverage.

8.   It has encouraged Planned Parenthood of Central and Northern Arizona to introduce contraceptive coverage legislation when state lawmakers gather into session next month.

9.   Most insurance companies offer contraceptive coverage to employers.

10.   Most likely, though, the issue of contraceptive coverage will continue to be fought out in the courts.