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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
You are correct. I believe that Obamacare mandates that employers provide 28 forms of contraception, and HL agreed to 24 o fthem. The 4 they objected to, all take effect afterthe egg has been fertilized.
You are also corrct about the media. An honest attempt at reporting this would be to say that HL was saved from being forced to pay for, what they consider to be, abortions. What most of the media will do, is hold this up as evidence of the phony, conservative, "war on women"...
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I read what Eelskimmer stated on lots of sites this morning. Here was one on the NY Times front page today.
"The health care law and related regulations require many employers to provide female workers with comprehensive insurance coverage for a variety of methods of contraception. The companies objected to some of the methods, saying they are tantamount to abortion because they can prevent embryos from implanting in the womb. Providing insurance coverage for those forms of contraception would, the companies said, make them complicit in the practice.
The companies said they had no objection to other forms of contraception, including condoms, diaphragms, sponges, several kinds of birth control pills and sterilization surgery"
Another from the Hartford Courant
"One of the two cases was brought by arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby Stores Ltd, which is owned and operated by David and Barbara Green and their children, who are evangelical Christians. The other case was brought by Norman and Elizabeth Hahn, Mennonites who own Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp in Pennsylvania.
None of the companies that have objected are publicly traded companies. Hobby Lobby has around 13,000 full-time employees while Conestoga Wood has 950.
The decision will affect similar cases brought by employers around the country. There are 49 cases in total, according to the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. Religious institutions are already exempt from the requirement.
The company owners involved in litigation around the country do not all oppose every type of birth control. Some, including Hobby Lobby and Conestoga, object only to emergency contraceptive methods, such as Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd's Plan B morning-after pill, and ella, made by the Watson Pharma unit of Actavis PLC."
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