Where the Women Were During the House Contraception Mandate Hearing
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Jim Begley
Maggie, it is great that you felt well represented by the religious men on this panel, but would a 22 year old non-Christian single mom feel the same way? If you choose not to practice contraception, good on you but if your organization wants to interact with Americas society by hiring its citizens you will have to honor society's social contracts. Christians need to stop asking governments to make exceptions for them and remember that our beliefs are personal and do not match society's.
Chuck Weigel
Does Ms. Karner understand that the health care ruling governing churches and contraception still permits her church's self-insurance plan to disallow contraceptive medications? If she does her article does not state so, leading some to misinterpret the ruling. By the way the ruling does permit religious institutions to openly state their position on abortion and contraception. They are free to send information about their position and why they oppose these prescriptions to all insured. But in the end, whether women were on the Congressional panel or not, health care is about the patient and not the employer who enters into a contract to provide that care to him or her.
Jennie Pappas
I cannot fathom the depths to which the right wing has stooped to curry votes. Catholic institutions in 28 states have been covering contraception for years now without any objections. 98% of Catholic women have used birth control in disobedience to their church's teaching. Are they in any way penalized by the church for doing so? Are they not exercising their religious liberty? Does the hierarchy now want the US Government to enforce their religious law on their women? Is this not a form of Sharia law being advocated? Last year the Pope said he thought a condom might be useful to prevent sexually transmitted diseases.The church does allow two forms of birth control, the rhythm method or what is called "Vatican Roulette" and abstinence.