The new hot topic on almost every headline I've come across is about Obama's new healthcare policy. The idea is to open up new routes for those who can't afford healthcare and making it available to them by having the Health Insurance companies directly provide it, rather than the employer. Among the many things healthcare is to provide, they will also be “required to offer contraception directly to the employees of religious-linked institutions if requested.” Because of this, Church-linked institutions will have to cover birth control costs in their health insurance plans, which enrages the leaders of the Church.
Now, it's my opinion that contraception is a human rights issue as well as a public health issue, and trying to prevent adult women from having access to it is a very risky action. This new policy gives a way for women to have access to healthcare and other benefits, and the Church doesn't have any room to complain. In my opinion, even if they had a valid complaint before, continuing to complain now will at least show that it's not about THEM providing birth control so much as the fact that they want to prevent women from having access to it at all.
This article is a very good read, as it shows exactly how unwilling the Church is to provide women with the exact healthcare they may need. The phrase, “I can't, it's against my religion..” no longer flies.
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