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However, institutions and employers that receive federal or state financial assistance (whether directly via grants or indirectly via tax relief or other subsidies) should provide access to birth control. It goes against the public interest and basic common sense to think otherwise.
The Catholic Church hierarchy opposes contraception while the vast majority of its adherents do not. Nighty-eight percent of sexually active Catholic women use some form of contraception, indicating that the vast majority of Catholic women do not share the official views of the Church with respect to birth control. Mutual respect for religious beliefs is part of what makes America an attractive place for many, but there comes a time when it must bow to the needs of public health.
If the rule that an institution’s insurance must cover birth control is so offensive, perhaps it is time for university administrators to explore a new industry or at least refuse to accept federal funding.
Catholic Universities That Receive Federal Funding Must Provide Access to Birth Control @PolicyMic | Lise Rahdert
What we keep saying however, and what doesn't seem to be sinking in, is that not providing a product out of religious conviction or any other reason is not the same thing as denying access to that product. What anybody does in their private life or whatever convictions they do or do not hold does not change that in the least.
I would agree with you if the Church was saying that its employees cannot work there if they use contraceptives. That has not been the case nor the issue. The issue is whether the Catholic Church (or anybody else, however) MUST provide a product that goes against their teachings/convictions or just because they prefer to use the money for something else.
The issue is whether the federal government or the President has the power to order anybody to buy anything if they do not wish to buy that product. The issue is that a government who can order you to buy something that you don't want is a government that can do to you anything it wants.
Churches and their employees are exempt.
I suppose the SC will decide if the Feds have that power or not. But it (the fed) is also making requirements of the insurance providers as well by forcing them to cover birth control pills as part of overall womens healthcare.