why pick a fight with Catholics right now?

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32. Some Catholics are pro-choice, but some are not. The position of the Church...

is that it does not. The bill says they have to offer ALL forms of birth control, even the morning after pill (which is an abortion pill). All forms of bc are against the Church's beliefs, but some in particular are particularly egregious, to them. Notwithstanding the positions of some of its members, like your family.

The point is whether any religion has to sell bc, when its against the beliefs of that religion. It has been exempted from having to do that so far. (It is the Catholic Church and not its members that dictate the beliefs of the Church...we have seen this in refusing to allow female priests, male priests to marry, birth control except for refraining while fertile, etc., etc.)

The OP in particular is questioning whether it was a good move NOW to do this, during a political election year, when the election is going to be tight, and Catholics are swing votes.

I also question whether the timing is good on this one. I also think it was a bad decision. I would tend to think better of it, if it required the selling of the types of bc that aren't abortion. That would be an acceptable compromise, I think, that would accomplish the goal of making bc more accessible, while still giving some respect to the Church's position. This may prompt the Church to cease providing insurance at all.