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In the escalating conflict over the new federal requirement that employers include contraception coverage without a co-pay in the insurance plans they make available to their employees, opposition from the Catholic church and its allies is making headway with a powerfully appealing claim: that when conscience and government policy collide, conscience must prevail.
Whose Conscience?
Seeded on Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:22 AM EST
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These institutions, as well as Catholic universities – not seminaries, but colleges and universities whose doors are open to all – are full participants in the public square, receiving a steady stream of federal dollars. They assert – indeed, have earned – the right to the same benefits that flow to their secular peers. What they now claim is a right to special treatment: to conscience that trumps law.
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#1 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:22 AM ESTA few things to keep in my regarding this tempest in a teacup:
1. Most healthcare plans used in church-affiliated medical facilities already cover contraception.
2. The Catholics themselves have spoken - most of them use birth control.
3. The church itself is exempt from the regulation
This is nothing more than campaign season media antics. But now that it's been thrust upon us, one has ask the question - is it time to take religion out of healthcare?
Thanks for the seed, Ms. C. You beat me to it ;~)
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#2 - Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:57 AM ESTLOL...it seems that one has to be fast on the draw these days, euterpe! :o)
Thanks for the insightful contribution.
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