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customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
5. I know the analogy is not perfect
Mon Feb 13, 2012, 08:13 PM
Feb 2012

but groceries and medical care were as close an analogy as I could figure out. The point is, nothing's free, somebody pays for it.

There will be no employers not covering contraception, it has already been decided that a basic package of preventive services includes it by mandate. It's not a problem for practically anybody outside Catholic institutions, although I'd have trouble thinking that Brigham Young University is happy about it, either.

Besides, I have no doubt that the use of contraception reduces the resources a family draws on a health insurance plan, it's just a question of who pays for it. Leave it uncovered, and a rational couple will make a rational decision. I'd rather we find some other way to provide contraception for people willing to further the RCC's mission through their side businesses. Is it fair to make them jump through an extra hoop? Well, maybe that's the price of supporting the agenda of Pope Ratzo.

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