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Showing Original Post only (View all)Catholics want birth control coverage: New survey [View all]
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/Religion/post/2012/02/contraception-catholic-bishops-obama-hhs/1Pundits and bishops warn President Obama he could lose the white Catholic vote over requiring a contraception option for insurance plans. But Catholic women side with Obama on this, a new survey says.
The pivot point is how you see this. Is it a battle is over birth control -- used by 98% of U.S. women at some time in their lives -- or over government intrusion into the right of religious organizations to live by their teachings?
The Catholic bishops, backed by conservative evangelicals, say the federal government should not include contraception coverage as part of free preventive care options in employers' health insurance plans.
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A majority (55%) of Americans agree that "employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception and birth control at no cost." Four-in-ten (40%) disagree with this requirement.
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Wondering here what would happen to these numbers if the words "free" & "no cost" were
patrice
Feb 2012
#1
Agree. We're paying for it anyway, one way or another, whether there's a copay or not. I was just
patrice
Feb 2012
#10
Because it creates a "second class" citizenship for women under a federal law, that's why.
CTyankee
Feb 2012
#13
I'd rather pay $1 in tax dollars for contraception than $50 in tax dollars for child care.
LetTimmySmoke
Feb 2012
#19
What I dont get, if many or most Catholics dont abide by the Pope's wishes, why dont they ask for
rhett o rick
Feb 2012
#22
not abiding to the Pope's wishes and not beleiving are different things
TruthBeToldIWill
Feb 2012
#26
Most Catholic women I know (#1) Scoff at the priest, church and other sundry men who
monmouth
Feb 2012
#5
Every Catholic Woman I know wants birth control....most men too...its the extreme conservative
Pachamama
Feb 2012
#9
Wife and I, both Catholic had four daughters...called it quits and used BC until our mid forties.
demosincebirth
Feb 2012
#23
As usual, what the catholic bishops think and what the catholic population thinks...
LetTimmySmoke
Feb 2012
#20
That does not surprise me. It is not the people in the pews who are so unrealistic.
jwirr
Feb 2012
#21