President Obama on Friday backed off a plan requiring religious organizations to provide free contraceptive coverage, shifting the responsibility to insurers in a move he claimed would preserve religious liberty as well as "basic fairness" for women who want the coverage.
The announcement comes after a contentious week of debate in Washington and across the country about the rule, which stems from the federal health care overhaul. Religious groups, particularly Catholic organizations, decried the policy, while lawmakers on both sides of the aisle charged it was an infringement of religious freedom.
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"Under the rule, women will still have access to free preventive care that includes contraceptive services, no matter where they work -- that core principle remains," Obama said. But he added, "Religious organizations won't have to pay for these services and no religious institution will have to provide these services directly.
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The change would allow religious organizations to refuse to cover contraceptive care. It would also require insurers to offer a plan that does not include contraceptive care in their contracts with nonprofit religious groups. But the insurers would be required to make contraception available free of charge to women anyway.
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Who is going to pay the insurance companies for the "free of charge" services to the women?
This is supposed to pacify the Catholics until Obama get re-elected. Then, he'll change this policy back to what he intended in the first place.
QuoteWho is going to pay the insurance companies for the "free of charge" services to the women?
This is supposed to pacify the Catholics until Obama get re-elected. Then, he'll change this policy back to what he intended in the first place.
Bingo! At this point who's going to believe this lying sack of fecal matter?
The fact is this ass clown was raised, and has lived his entire life, around leftists.
He's stunned every time it's pointed out to him that other points of view exist.
It's why he made his "Guns and God" comment. He assumed he was only talking about a few people in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. It never occurred to him that he was speaking about the beliefs of millions of Americans.
Because the "Catholics" he knows - left wingers all - think abortion and contraception are fine. It never dawned on him that millions of other Catholics actually take the beliefs of their Church seriously.
Sounds like Muslims were complaining about it...
Quote from: taxed on February 10, 2012, 12:52:40 PM
Sounds like Muslims were complaining about it...
I thought the muzlums, amish and seventh day adventists were supposedly exempt from obamacare??
This is the biggest pile of crap ever. Where in the Constitution does he find the enumerated power to mandate anything on anyone?
Quote from: Harry on February 10, 2012, 03:27:37 PM
This is the biggest pile of crap ever. Where in the Constitution does he find the enumerated power to mandate anything on anyone?
It does the exact opposite, it ties the hands of an overbearing gov, or ray=ther a marxist Hussein administration.
Bottom line, it goes against the 1st ....
He lied once, he'll lie again. This is damage control.
Billy
I'd like to see Obama stay even half as committed to forcing a Bacon Diet onto Muslims. Ooops---they're protected. Under Obama, Christianity is fair game.
Quote from: quiller on February 11, 2012, 04:16:07 AM
I'd like to see Obama stay even half as committed to forcing a Bacon Diet onto Muslims. Ooops---they're protected. Under Obama, Christianity is fair game.
Like most Left Loons, he's fairly sure that Christians aren't going to greet him wearing a suicide vest.
Same can't be said for IslamoNuts. Explains a lot about Leftist double standards.