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Emergency Contraception is Immoral and We Will Oppose Its Imposition (as soon as we can eliminate it from present coverage)

Aug 13th, 2012 by

Under the heading of “Oops, how did that happen?” comes the Wheaton College issue regarding its joining together with Catholic University of America in legally protesting being forced to provide emergency contraception coverage required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It seems that they need to first eliminate the existing coverage of emergency contraception from their policy. See http://www.christianpost.com/news/wheaton-colleges-inadvertent-coverage-of-abortifacients-wont-affect-lawsuit-lawyer-says-79647/ The college claims that they were unaware that the coverage was included. Could this be the other side of those insurance companies claiming that they don’t need to cover some illness that was not included in the plan? It could be that they will not qualify for the “safe harbor” provisions of the ACA in this regard.

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2 Responses to “Emergency Contraception is Immoral and We Will Oppose Its Imposition (as soon as we can eliminate it from present coverage)”

  1. steve2 says:
    August 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    When the contraceptive topic was hot, I had dinner with the HR director of Catholic Charities fro a large southern state. I asked how many of her women of child bearing age were using birth control. She said they all were to the best of her knowledge.

    Steve

  2. JMK says:
    August 14, 2012 at 11:36 am

    Contraception is cheap (free at local clinics) and readily available. There appears to be no “overriding need” for religious institutions (Catholic/Jewish/Muslim schools, hospitals, etc. to be compelled to provide it.

    I’ve agreed with both of you that I don’t want my government to even make “suggestions” to religious institutions, as that seems to violate that separation.

    In Europe, government can and do legislate things that impact religious institutions, but those governments are the “titular heads” – that is, above those instituions and rulers of the people.

    Here, we only have a government that is a servant of the people (NOT accepted as a ruling body) and below (that is lower in stature) both corporate and religious institutions.

    On the one hand I can see how SOME people might want a more “European style of government,” but quite frankly, it’s highly doubtful we could effectively handle that.