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American Catholics' approval of President Obama remained virtually the same during a week when his administration introduced â€" and later backed off from â€" a rule to force health insurance providers to offer contraceptive care free of charge. 

The administration's birth-control mandate was met with fierce opposition from conservatives, and its “accommodation” did not win over the White House’s most harsh critics.

According to a new Gallup Poll released on Tuesday, Obama had the approval of 46 percent of Catholics last week. The week before that found 49 percent of Catholics approved of the job Obama was doing. In late January, 45 percent of Catholics approved of the job Obama was doing. 

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