02-09-2012, 05:48 PM
Ted King wrote:
[quote=Grace62]
It's not about mandates, it's about access. Federal law now says all American women must have access to birth control, among other basic health services not previously covered in many plans. Employers don't have the right to block that access, whether they are religious or not.
This part I have trouble with - I'm not sure of the distinction between mandates and access that you are trying to make. But the rest of what you say seems dead on.
I think the language being used in this debate is intellectually dishonest and hypocritical. Notice who we are hearing from? Bishops, nuns, and politicians.
How about female employees of these institutions? The people whose lives are actually impacted by this decision?
I want to hear the Bishops say: "We want the right to deny federally guaranteed access to birth control to all female employees of Catholic institutions, even though we've had that right for some time now and have not used it."
Let's see if they are even willing to say that. If they frame it as a mandate, they don't have to tell the truth about the situation.