Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Contraception Coverage

Based on the information available to me this is what the Affordable Care Act will do for contraception access, "most health insurance plans will cover women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible beginning in August, 2012...Under this policy, women who want contraception will have access to it through their insurance without paying a co-pay or deductible.  But no one will be forced to buy or use contraception."

The Catholic Church is outraged that Obama is infringing on their religious freedoms.

Churches are exempt from this ruling, but Catholic hospitals/clinics and universities would not be.  I think this is a fair ruling.  What are the odds that everyone working at, say, Notre Dame are Catholic?  Non-Catholic employees should have the same access to contraceptives as women working anywhere else.  The option should be available to all women, which is what the Affordable Care Act is attempting to do.  As stated above, no one is being forced to buy or use contraception.  If your religion says that you shouldn't use it, then don't use it, but don't impose your beliefs on others.

2 comments:

  1. If your religion says that you shouldn't use it, then don't use it, but don't impose your beliefs on others.

    I don't understand why that is so hard.

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  2. I don't know either - it seems that this issue has just gotten worse over the past month.

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