GOP Revives Efforts To Let Employers Deny Birth Control To Women

[jaxx]

GOP Revives Efforts To Let Employers Deny Birth Control To Women
By Amanda Peterson Beadle on Jul 18, 2012 at 10:10 am

In House Republicans’ latest attack on women, Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) released a labor, health, and education spending bill on Tuesday that would allow employers to deny contraception coverage for “moral reasons.”

And the bill goes further. It would stop Planned Parenthood clinics from receiving federal funding until the health organization certifies that it no longer offers abortions, despite the fact that Planned Parenthood does not use federal funds on abortion services, and it attempts to halt Obamacare funding:

<..> House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) said the bill “reflects our strong commitment to reduce over-regulation and unnecessary, ineffective spending that feeds the nation’s deficits and hampers economic growth.” It is scheduled to be marked up in Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor and Health this morning, but it is unlikely to become law. House Democratic aides told the Huffington Post that Republicans will likely use the massive cuts to women’s health programs as a starting point in budget negotiations.

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/07/...h-control/

Smart women will not vote for the GOP. This is what control is all about....the wingers pushing their pseudo religious convictions.

[pappy]

Slipperier than most.

Things employers could deny on "moral grounds";

Employees in mixed race marriages.
Married women who should be at home having babies.
Catholics, Baptists, Evangelicals, Mormons, Lutherans, Methodists.....etc.
Blacks, Asians, Whites
Drinkers
Smokers
People who eat meat on Friday
People that don't go to church on Sunday
Paying Social Security taxes for employees (they should provide for themselves)
Paying for health insurance for employees (see above)
Lunch breaks (Sloth is a sin)
Food that employees bring for lunch
Employees dress that doesn't meet a specific religious test.
Pants on women

[jaxx]

(07-18-2012 10:34 AM)pappy Wrote:  Slipperier than most.

Things employers could deny on "moral grounds";

Employees in mixed race marriages.
Married women who should be at home having babies.
Catholics, Baptists, Evangelicals, Mormons, Lutherans, Methodists.....etc.
Blacks, Asians, Whites
Drinkers
Smokers
People who eat meat on Friday
People that don't go to church on Sunday
Paying Social Security taxes for employees (they should provide for themselves)
Paying for health insurance for employees (see above)
Lunch breaks (Sloth is a sin)
Food that employees bring for lunch
Employees dress that doesn't meet a specific religious test.
Pants on women

Very good observation. They need to keep their moral grounds out of my life.