Friday, March 30, 2012
Contraception Controversy
Controversy has been on going over the health care mandate including contraception as part of preventative medicine.This new law taking effect August 1, 2012, makes contraception available free of charge for women which I believe is an extremely positive thing. I think alot of women and young women especially put off getting birth control because it isnt free or easily accessable. With teen rates high and the problems that come along with it I dont see how anyone could be opposed. But the catholic church along with others have rallied against this mandate saying it conflicts with their religious beliefs. Obama plans to include an exemption for those affilated, I think this is reasonable enough, although Im sure those who are religious employees would too enjoy free contraception. Alike people who cant afford or choose not to use birth control are the very same who would carelessly become pregnant adding more financial burden on the government. I know I along with many young women would benefit from this law. And society as a whole would benefit from parents who are ready for that role; preferrable those who are married, educated, and with the means to support a child.
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Sorry, I disagree with the author of this article. The reason for the controversy with free contraception is that the President and his supporters are forcing their beliefs on others and then forcing them to pay for it. His back step to the controversy was to say he would make the insurance companies to pay for the costs. This is not a valid option to the traditional religiously affiliated organizations. They still will be forced by government to give money to insurance companies, who are likewise forced to give contraceptives to people under the policies. Contraceptives include things such as the morning after pill and other drugs that these groups feel are abortifacients (causing abortion). Seems like the government wants these groups to accept this practice as normal, reject their own beliefs and then force them to pay for it.
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I agree with you Christy, I think the new law taking effect on August 1 2012 will help young teens. However, I understand why the Catholic Church is against free contraception. The Catholic Church believes that this will tempt young teens to have sex before marriage and of course, that is a very serious sin. However, in Obama team defends birth control policy Obama stated "No individual health care provider will be forced to prescribe contraception: The president and this administration have previously and continue to express strong support for existing conscience protections. For example, no Catholic doctor is forced to write a prescription for contraception". Teens in our generation are getting more comfortable about sex, but I believe that you should be protected at all times. With the new contraception law, the teen pregnancy rate should decline. I believe in the saying " better safe then sorry", sex is no longer considered the same as it was before.