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The Right Wing's Idea of "Freedom"
From Statepress:
Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.
‘I believe we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,’ Lesko said. ‘So, government should not be telling the organizations or mom and pop employers to do something against their moral beliefs.’
Jezebel points out that Arizona is an “at will” state. This means that bosses in Arizona will be able to fire women for being depraved enough to take birth control pills to prevent pregnancy.
As we all know, what made the Soviet Union infamous were not the gulags, its treatment of dissidents, and the rigid control over the press, but the fact that women could take pills for the purpose of contraception without fear of losing their jobs over it.
Yes, here it is -- the right wing's idea of "freedom" is a society where a woman has to ask her boss' permission to use oral contraceptives.
Does anyone else find this more than a little weird?
Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes
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Nope. Paft got it wrong. I cited the law and it doesn't say what she says it says. Others in the thread have tried to carry on the argument but so far it's more stubbornness than actual coherency.
I pasted a link to the actual law up thread along with a break-down. The law currently requires insurers to cover contraceptives but an employer can file an affidavit with an insurer that they have moral objections to contraception usage and the insurer must offer them plans that don't cover contraceptives except for other medical reasons. Under this bill, the state would require the affidavit still but insurers would offer the same policies with the insurer being able to deny claims for contraceptives, abortificants, and sterilizers.
This is more of a procedural change in the law but I'm guessing certain groups are stretching their "outrage legs" right now and aiming for the stars.