Yesterday was the year anniversary of Obama Care’s divisive birth control coverage mandate! Leaders of the House Pro-Choice Caucus it as the “single greatest advancement in women’s health in a generation.” The birth control mandate requires that most employers cover a range of birth control methods in their worker health plans without a co-pay.
Many business owners have objected to this due to their religious beliefs, which let’s be real, is crazy! No one is asking them to personally use the birth control, they should be offering it to their employees that might not necessarily have the same views as them. Furthermore, they shouldn’t not hire someone based on their religious beliefs, why would they deny them something that our government is requiring, should be a done a deal and not a fight! This should be something amazing for women and families and yet again it’s turned ugly.
Slaughter and DeGette said in a statement “Yet once again, these gains for women are under attack this week, as House Republicans plan to vote for the 40th time to repeal, obstruct, and undermine the protections and benefits millions of women receive under ACA,”
Understandably churches and houses of worship can ignore the rules, and religiously affiliated employers will not be required to pay for, offer or facilitate birth control coverage themselves. Luckily in a non-religious situation, a federal appeals court ruled last week that the owners of Conestoga, a private cabinet-making company, could not challenge the contraception mandate because of their personal religious beliefs.
We take one step forward and of course people try to push us two steps back. This is something that is huge for women around the country and we should be celebrating! Haven’t people realized by now how tough women are?
Planned Parenthood of Collier County 