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Catholic Bishops Demand All Businesses Be Given The Right To Deny Women Contraception Coverage

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Catholic bishops and their GOP allies have been in an uproar ever since the Obama administration announced new rules that require employers, including most religiously-affiliated institutions, to cover contraception in their health plans with no cost-sharing. Republican candidates have accused Obama of waging a “war against religious freedom.” Rick Santorum went so far as to say Obama has put America on “the path” of beheading devout citizens.

The less shrill voices have implored Obama to “compromise” by broadening the religious exemption to let religiously-affiliated hospitals refuse women contraception. But the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has made it clear they’re not interested in compromise. According to a report in USA Today, they aren’t just demanding a broader religious exemption from the new contraception coverage rule — they want contraception coverage removed from the Affordable Care Act altogether...

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The White House is “all talk, no action” on moving toward compromise, said Anthony Picarello, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “There has been a lot of talk in the last couple days about compromise, but it sounds to us like a way to turn down the heat, to placate people without doing anything in particular,” Picarello said. “We’re not going to do anything until this is fixed.”

That means removing the provision from the health care law altogether, he said, not simply changing it for Catholic employers and their insurers. He cited the problem that would create for “good Catholic business people who can’t in good conscience cooperate with this.”

“If I quit this job and opened a Taco Bell, I’d be covered by the mandate,” Picarello said.

In short, Catholic bishops are saying that federal laws shouldn’t apply to anyone who claims to have a religious objection to them. Houses of worship and other religious nonprofits are already completely exempt from the rule. It is only when religious institutions choose to go into business as hospitals and serve the general public that they are bound by the same laws as everyone else. Yet the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has promised a legal challenge.

But the organization does not speak for a majority of American Catholics, 52 percent of whom support requiring health plans to cover contraception. Several major Catholic universities and hospitals already offer contraception coverage.

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Reply#1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:35 PM EST
Dowser

I feel sure that they DO demand coverage for Viagra. The law doesn't require than anyone use it, just cover it. If they don't want to do this, then get OUT of the health care business-- they're making a tidy profit at it, I'm sure.

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Reply#2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:48 PM EST
Piletre

I wonder how many of the Catholic priests are buying Viagra on the sly?

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#2.1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:14 PM EST
Dowser

Sometimes, you wonder...

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#2.2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:29 PM EST
Kara Shalee

LOL, Dowser and Piletre............the whole "holiness" of this situation is laughable. And yes, the Catholic hospitals make quite a tidy profit. Although many register themselves as non-profit. If you don't pay up, they are just like any other hospital, and will send you to collections.............what a joke. Of course, they alone have the personal hotline to God.........along with the GOP wolves in sheep's clothing.

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#2.3 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:37 AM EST
Dowser

Yep.

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#2.4 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:22 AM EST
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sky dog

It's so nice of the catholic church to provide counterpoint to sanity. I wonder if they know how badly they're damaging their cause with this?

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Reply#3 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:55 PM EST
Severed Head in a Jar

I doubt they care. After all, God is on their side. Just ask them.

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#3.1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:25 PM EST
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greg81082-4115372

Contraception is just another wedge issue when larger issues loom(jobs,economy). Contraceptives are here to stay. No one is forced to use them so this is a complete goal post shift to detract.

Why would anone take contraceptive advise from people that will never need it?

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Reply#4 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:12 PM EST
don-72

"Why would anyone take contraceptive advise from people that will never need it??"

Well for one or is that all the republican men and some women who do not understand why a women would want to prevent a pregnancy. A dumb answer but the only one I can think of. Oh, and the Catholic Church because they may have to pay for something they do not like.

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Reply#5 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:43 PM EST
Severed Head in a Jar

Well, at least the gloves are off now. We know where they stand.

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Reply#6 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:44 PM EST
don-72

Severed Head in a Jar

Well, at least the gloves are off now.

No pun intended LOL

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#6.1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:51 PM EST
Severed Head in a Jar

Ya think?

    #6.2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 8:02 PM EST
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    Kara Shalee

    As it's been pointed out on other threads, there just aren't the huge families from the Catholics anymore. So, being that the rythmn method doesn't work, Catholics by and large use contraception, since their birth rates are way down............duh!

    The alternative to not using birth control is potentially abortion...........wow these people need to wake up!

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    Reply#7 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 3:44 AM EST
    Kara Shalee

    PS I'm not suggesting that abortions should never happen, I should have explained my comment better. The Catholic Church sees both issues in the same light, you can't use contraception because that is going against "Church law". You can't seek abortion, because that is against "God's law" (of the Old Testament, which they are supposedly not about).

    Either way, you are excommunicated. It's a very user friendly Church, sponsored by the Vatican..........who lives in the style of emulating Jesus, of course..............LOL, kind of. Very sad, really.

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    #7.1 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:38 PM EST
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    easyjjgrand3

    Just who the hell do they think they are?

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    Reply#8 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:19 AM EST
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