Pro-choice women and for women who aren't super crazy /conservative about birth control ! EDIT added info and fixed link

[Mackenzie40]

PLEASE SIGN The petition !!! =>  https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/stand-strong-support-new-no-cost-birth-control-policy/HM8jg7Y4

What I am posting about ;

WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO:

Stand Strong in Support of New No-Cost Birth Control Policy Thanks to the Obama administration, nearly all women will soon have access to birth-control coverage at no cost. It’s a huge victory for our country, where 99 percent of women use birth control at some point in their lives. In developing this policy that will significantly improve women’s health, the Obama administration resisted a pressure campaign from anti-contraception groups. These groups wanted to allowed many employers, including universities and hospitals, to refuse to cover birth control. Unfortunately, those anti-contraception groups continue to call on the White House to rescind its policy. It’s up to pro-choice Americans to speak up for birth-control coverage. Sign your name to let the administration know that you are with them 100 percent.

WHY I am posting about it ;

Anti-choice groups are fast collecting signatures on a petition on the White House website calling on the administration to rescind its new birth-control coverage policy

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Click here LINK (Re-added 2/7 ) Long copy/paste link -> https://secure.prochoiceamerica.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=5119

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MORE Info to help w/any confusion regarding who will have to provide coverage etc etc ...

January 20th, Secretary Sebelius announced that certain religious organizations including churches would be exempt from paying their insurers to cover contraception. Other religious organizations, including those that employ people of different faiths, can qualify for a one-year transition period as they prepare to comply with the new law. In recent days, there has been some confusion about how this policy affects religious institutions. We want to make sure you have the facts:

• Churches are exempt from the new rules: Churches and other houses of worship will be exempt from the requirement to offer insurance that covers contraception.
• 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. 
•  No individual will be forced to buy or use contraception: This rule only applies to what insurance companies cover.  Under this policy, women who want contraception will have access to it through their insurance without paying a co-pay or deductible.   But no one will be forced to buy or use contraception.
• Drugs that cause abortion are not covered by this policy:  Drugs like RU486 are not covered by this policy, and nothing about this policy changes the President’s firm commitment to maintaining strict limitations on Federal funding for abortions. No Federal tax dollars are used for elective abortions.
• Over half of Americans already live in the 28 States that require insurance companies cover contraception: Several of these States like North Carolina, New York, and California have identical religious employer exemptions.  Some States like Colorado, Georgia and Wisconsin have no exemption at all.
• Contraception is used by most women: According to a study by the Guttmacher Institute, most women, including 98 percent of Catholic women, have used contraception.
• Contraception coverage reduces costs: While the monthly cost of contraception for women ranges from $30 to $50, insurers and experts agree that savings more than offset the cost.  The National Business Group on Health estimated that it would cost employers 15 to 17 percent more not to provide contraceptive coverage than to provide such coverage, after accounting for both the direct medical costs of potentially unintended and unhealthy pregnancy and indirect costs such as employee absence and reduced productivity. 

[Mackenzie40]

bump

[mes_deux_amours]

Bump for later

[mama_2_jasper]

Sweet!

[Mackenzie40]

Quoting mama_2_jasper:

Sweet!

except it's in danger -

Anti-choice groups are fast collecting signatures on a petition on the White House website calling on the administration to rescind its new birth-control coverage policy

[Lilcountrygrl86]

Quoting mama_2_jasper:

Sweet!

[momma-flynn]

Where will the money to cover free birth control for every woman come from? Higher insurance premiums or taxes? Nothing in life is free.  

[AjsMom0508]

"It’s up to pro-choice Americans to speak up for birth-control coverage."

This phrase right here just turned me off from your whole post.

[parentalrights1]

Why the hell do they care if women have birth control? That's odd.

[PISCIS29]

BUMP!

[parentalrights1]

Maybe it will. But would you rather pay for a little birth control or would you rather pay for a bunch of accidental pregnancies that end up with welfare and food stamps?

Quoting momma-flynn:

Where will the money to cover free birth control for every woman come from? Higher insurance premiums or taxes? Nothing in life is free.