A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh:
Rep. Walsh Takes Stand Against Contraceptive Mandate
WASHINGTON- Congressman Joe Walsh (IL-8) released the following statement after the Obama Administration announcement yesterday that it would follow through with the proposed rule forcing U.S. employers—including those with religious affiliation—to provide free contraceptives to their employees.
Walsh stated:
Joe Walsh
“This is a slap in the face of every U.S. employer and religious institution. The President seems to have forgotten that this country was founded on religious freedom. This decision goes against that and everything this country stands for.
“President Obama once again has bypassed Congress, continuing to move forward with this mandate even after the House passed the Protect Life Act to exempt religious institutions from providing free contraceptives.
“This mandate goes far beyond the constitutional limits on presidential power and forces religious institutions, specifically the Catholic Church, to go against their beliefs.
“This is just one more troubling aspect about Obamacare, it seems like every day we wake up we learn about another provision that was hidden in the legislation.
“I voted in favor of the Protect Life Act to stop the President from doing just this. Forcing religious organizations to provide birth control to their employees is un-American and unacceptable.”
Yes, don’t stop the Catholics from procreating. Rome needs all the donors they can find.
I believe Catholics are the biggest users of contraception.
I am one and everyone I know uses contraception.
And it is not employers, but insurance companies that already pay for contraception.
After all from a business perspective, it is cheaper to have contraception as an “allowable charge”than pay for pre-natal and post natal care.
Just sayin
The issue is not contraception. The issue is whether or not the government can tell a religious institution what it can and cannot do.
Frankly – it is none of the federal government’s business, the state government’s business, the county government’s business, or my business frankly, to know who uses what.
Its the bedroom for cryin out loud.
The employers provide it but I don;t see were I have to by law use it !! So whar is the big deal??
Boy, contraceptives are ssoooo important to anyone who comments on this blog.
Or, perhaps they are not, unless you count what would happen to their grandchildren.