In 2012, Dolan expressed his public disappointment in the contraceptive mandate promulgated by American President Barack Obama. In a televised CBS interview, Dolan condemned what was, in his view, government interference dismissing the right to religious conscience and religious freedom regarding the mandatory compulsion of religious groups and organizations to provide abortifacient drugs and contraception insurance coverage to its hired employees, while at the same time against the moral tenets of the Roman Catholic faith. After Obama revised the rule, Dolan said the "first decision was a terribly misguided judgment" and said the new rule was "a first step".