You know, that's interesting. And you're totally right. Why should any private matter be publicly funded by for-profit insurance companies that we all pay for? What about those companies and THEIR rights, huh?

Whatever happened to "Keep the government outta my healthcare!" and "healthcare should be between a doctor and a patient"?

Right, that's why they struck out the text, I'm sure! It makes perfect sense.

I don't think that's right, but I'm not a lawyer, so I could be misunderstanding. The language used to include at several points: "A religious employer shall not discriminate against an employee who independently chooses to obtain insurance coverage or prescriptions for contraceptives from another source." That part…

But that's just what this is about. This bill goes way beyond the issue of making your nun boss buy your whore pills. It says you do NOT have the right to take BCPs. If you buy them out of pocket and your religiously-observant boss finds out, they have the right to fire you. Since employers will cut costs wherever…

I am salaried. I have been salaried at two jobs (professional level) and worked three other jobs (also professional level) and have not been salaried at those jobs. I make a very good wage.

I also think pulling a Palin and being a bit tall on your tale there.

Freely? Really, employers are now giving specific details upfront during the hiring process that they will not cover birth control? Sure they do.

Is it really a problem though? It seems like a natural human tendency to want to live in communities that most closely reflect our values and identities. And the same goes both ways. I mean no matter how self-evident liberal values may seem to us, and no matter how much pleasure we get out of condemning 'backwards'…

Excuse you. We are talking about the compensation package my private employer gives me for the work I provide. No one is paying it for me. I EARNED IT. And as a matter of fact, a lot of GOP legislatures want to tax me on it. Thus, my employer doesn't get to tell me how to spend my compensation.

This is what we get for going back on our heels and saying, "but sometimes women take birth control pills for something unrelated to sex..."

Hey, the Southwest was originally Mexico, and before that it belonged to whatever First Nation people were there. Let them have it if they can take it.

It's also not without its WTF moments apparently.

I do think you have a point. I sometimes am saddened by all the "only in Florida" comments on the internet (though half the time I am genuinely ashamed of my state in those circumstances already). Thing is, everyone at some time or other generalizes in their minds to make things easier on themselves, and the main…

I don't know if this is the case for all employers, but when I was putting in for FMLA for my maternity leave, all documentation around my request went to a neutral 3rd party administrator. My employer would never see anything around my medical records, the 3rd party would just communicate to them "yes, this is…

The US is trying to do what it can to change the way minorities are being treated in Somalia and Iran. Our relief efforts don't change the fact that women, gays, and other minorities live and work and die in those countries. Condemning a person to a life of suffering because they happened to be born in a place that…

If it passes as a law, it won't be a violation of HIPPA. There are already circumstances where employers can ask for medical information - like requests for FMLA leave and sick day excuses. It seems like this would be another one. If you don't fill out your FMLA forms, you might not get leave. If you don't provide…

How can this bill be in any way compatible with HIPAA laws? Do people in these state legislatures just propose any kind of shit they want to without doing any research on it whatsoever?

But...I'm being RESPONSIBLE and not having a baby I can't afford! Right now my husband and I are pretty much paycheck-to-paycheck, and a baby would probably end up with us on public assistance. I thought I was supposed to be a responsible citizen and not have a child that the government would have to support, thus…

What about women who use it for both reasons? I've been on the pill since loooong before I started having sex due to horrible cramping, and now I use it to avoid cramps AND a baby that I can't afford right now. How do I answer that question? When I'm filling out the paperwork, do I say that I am only on birth…