The Republican War on Women is now official.
Apparently the desire by an overwhelming majority of American women (and probably the majority of American men) to have affordable birth control universally available is less important to the Republican Party than the views of a handful of Catholic bishops.
Yes, Catholic bishops, who for decades turned a blind-eye to systemic child abuse, and even now express outrage at attempts by the victims to receive compensation….Catholic bishops who continue to reinforce an official disdain for women that approaches that of the Taliban, albeit without the physical repression…these same Catholic bishops will now dictate the Republican agenda.
Not content to deny birth control coverage to female employees of Catholic institutions, Republican’s have decided it’s a good idea to let any employer deny coverage just because he or she feels like it.
Who couldn’t have seen this one coming?
Under the false colors of religious freedom, Republicans will do their level best to undermine every other intimate choice we care to make.
Way to further narrow your base, Guys!
Sue, I agree with your comment, however, the Obama administration screwed this up from the beginning. All they needed to do was insist that all health insurance programs cover the issues in question without a co-pay, or maybe even a small co-pay. There was no need to deal with employers. Obama’s people need to get smart fast.
And this is one of them. Rape, battering, and economic/political oppression. Time to bring back the ERA. Corporations are People, but women are NOT.
After about 45 years, women now have to fight to hold the little ground they gained in all that time? Shameful. It’s like, what?…oh yeah–1954, Little Rock; 1964-65, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act (11 years). I remember a political phrase from ’69 (?), and if I were a woman, I’d say it now to these cavemen: “Go Fuck YOURSELF!”