Was the Supreme Court right to rule that the Affordable Care Act violated the religio
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No - The ruling allows bosses to impose their religious beliefs on their employees. Besides, the Constitution grants religious freedom to individuals, not corporations.
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Yes - The religious beliefs of company owners take precedence over their employees' right to have access to birth control.
Should religious family-owned companies be required to cover contraceptives under their insurance plans? The high court says no.
I'm curious how you nurses feel about this? Please take a second to vote in our quick poll.
This is a highly political topic, I'd rather not turn this into a hot argumentative subject, so please keep your comments civil :) But please feel free to comment. Thanks
In a 5-4 decision Monday, the Supreme Court allowed a key exemption to the health law's contraception coverage requirements when it ruled that closely held for-profit businesses could assert a religious objection to the Obama administration's regulations. What does it mean? Here are some questions and answers about the case.What did the court's ruling do?
The court's majority said that the for-profit companies that filed suit-Hobby Lobby Stores, a nationwide chain of 500 arts and crafts stores, and Conestoga Wood Specialties, a maker of custom cabinets-didn't have to offer female employeesall Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptivesas part of a package of preventive services that must be covered without copays or deductibles under the law. The companies had argued that several types of contraceptivesviolate their owners' religious beliefs. The ruling also covers a Hobby Lobby subsidiary, the Mardel Christian bookstores.
Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.
When I'm unhappy about something about my government, I prefer to effect change, rather than "leave it and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out." What a horrible thing to suggest.
I think it's quite appropriate when you say you do not support your taxes going to the military yet you thrive on your freedoms that it ensures.
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I didn't say that I don't want my taxes going to military. I disagree with the amount of taxes spent currently and in the past 15 years on military and defense. Nevertheless, I'm not crying out about the unfairness of it, because I understand that our taxes are not a buffet in which we can pick and choose based upon our personal morals.
Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.
Why are you being so nasty? Nobody has called you names. Kindly offer others the same consideration.
As soon as I realized I answered on the wrong post, I went back and apologized. Please see above. And you are 100% correct, this issue is so important to me, as I'm sure it is to everyone involved in this thread, that I let it get out of hand and I truly apologize. I should not let it take me there and behave so rudely. I am sorry and I think I should probably back out of this thread now because I'm overheated by it and I need a break from it.
Specializes in Neurovascular, Ortho, Community Health.
The wording of the poll responses is extremely biased. The concept that birth control access is a "right" is highly debatable. The idea that some sort of "women's rights" has been taken away is equally absurd. Birth control is a novelty that we have become comfortable with. And that's fine... There is always good old Tri-sprintec for $9/month at Wal-Mart. Or the rhythm method. Lol. But seriously, if an employer doesn't want to cover the outcomes of your sexual activity, they shouldn't have to. And if you object to their beliefs at that place of work, perhaps it's not the best fit for you...And that goes for the hypothetical Jehovah's witnesses and Jews too.
Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.
I didn't say that I don't want my taxes going to military. I disagree with the amount of taxes spent currently and in the past 15 years on military and defense. Nevertheless, I'm not crying out about the unfairness of it, because I understand that our taxes are not a buffet in which we can pick and choose based upon our personal morals.
Okay. I apologize. This thread started out as one issue and has become many issues and it has me extremely upset; but that is no excuse for my behavior. This is not about military and taxes. Or the ten thousand other issues that have been brought up. I have to take a break from this thread because it is making me mean. Sorry.
You have got to be kidding me. You really believe that? Wow. I feel very sorry for you.
Yes, I do. Nothing about the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq (x2) made me more safe in my home at night. Whether or not the military was fighting wars overseas, the greatest threat to my safety at home is, by far, local criminals. In my case, it's actually probably my patients' parents... especially the ones I report to the state and successfully get removed from their custody. I am a homeowner and land records in my state are public record. If any of these people were intelligent enough, they could easily find out my address online in about 45 seconds. And if they came after me, the military presence in unjust wars would not make me feel any better- at all- nor would the military come running to my rescue. When there was a large military presence in my city last year after a local act of terrorism, it did not make me feel more safe at all.
Maslow's hierarchy of needs says that sex is a basic human need! That's why the viagra is covered! And i'm not sure but I believe abortions and birth control are NOT on that list of basic human needs..
So sex is a basic human need. Thus viagra. Even if men can't afford to pay out of pocket for it. But women should just not have sex if they can't pay out of pocket for birth control? Is sex not a Maslow basic human need for women too?
I think it depends if the company has a contract with employees to follow the company mission , values, etc, I do not think vaccines , procedures, should not be available unless this is know by the employee and agreed upon prior to hiring
Specializes in Med/Surg, Peds, Geriatrics, Home Health.
Jillybean, I appreciate your apology. Needless to say, this is a hot and passionate issue for many of us. Peace.
Thank you. Yes, too heated. Makes the Sicilian in me come out very forcefully. But I have always said I have more respect for someone with the exact opposite views as mine, who is passionate and fights for what they believe, than I have for the people who are apathetic. Formidable opponents are to be respected.
Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
This is NOT a woman's health issue. The vast majority of women do not require birth control to maintain good health. It's not mandatory. It's optional.
Unless you have a medical condition for which BC is curative or helps to manage, birth control is not a medical necessity.
With very, very few exceptions, women won't die without BC. They won't get sick without it. Nor will they suffer without it.
'Women's health' is a buzzword with virtually no context related to this case- especially when the only birth control not offered by Hobby Lobby is the kind that terminates pregnancies.
Lots of misnomers, misinformation and empty political rhetoric with NO basis in reality related to the ruling going on!
Nor will men get sick and die without Viagra. Interestingly, though, no major religion seems to disapprove of Viagra!
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