I believe that women controlling their reproduction benefits our society. This is true worldwide.
I have no disagreement with that.
I would prefer it be free to all women, as the social costs of unwanted children is very high, and therefore it is fiscally conservative to fund contraception.
I have no problem with free contraceptives. I'm not entirely convinced that doing so would actually result in a large reduction in unwanted pregnancies here in the US, but again, no problem doing that for those who are less fortunate. The question becomes who should pay for it. If the federal government wants to pay for it, I say do it (I think they do with medicaid).
I also don't agree that an insurance company or employer should be involved in what amounts to a medical issue between a woman and her doctor.
They aren't. Never are. They may provide incentives by paying for certain things and not paying for others. For most women, contraception is fairly cheap or at least can be. My girlfriend's current insurance doesn't cover birth control for instance, and she pays 9 dollars a month. I fully realize that some women may need to be on a more expensive birth control for whatever reason, but then again condoms are fairly cheap also.
I don't want my employer to be a moral arbiter over my health care choices.
They aren't and no one is suggesting they should be. What we are talking about is funding for your health care choices. If hobby lobby wanted to restrict their employees access to birth control, I would be just as pissed off about it as you. They aren't however, they just don't want to pay for it.
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Date: 29/11/12 19:17 (UTC)I have no disagreement with that.
I would prefer it be free to all women, as the social costs of unwanted children is very high, and therefore it is fiscally conservative to fund contraception.
I have no problem with free contraceptives. I'm not entirely convinced that doing so would actually result in a large reduction in unwanted pregnancies here in the US, but again, no problem doing that for those who are less fortunate. The question becomes who should pay for it. If the federal government wants to pay for it, I say do it (I think they do with medicaid).
I also don't agree that an insurance company or employer should be involved in what amounts to a medical issue between a woman and her doctor.
They aren't. Never are. They may provide incentives by paying for certain things and not paying for others. For most women, contraception is fairly cheap or at least can be. My girlfriend's current insurance doesn't cover birth control for instance, and she pays 9 dollars a month. I fully realize that some women may need to be on a more expensive birth control for whatever reason, but then again condoms are fairly cheap also.
I don't want my employer to be a moral arbiter over my health care choices.
They aren't and no one is suggesting they should be. What we are talking about is funding for your health care choices. If hobby lobby wanted to restrict their employees access to birth control, I would be just as pissed off about it as you. They aren't however, they just don't want to pay for it.