“…it is not just a matter of “women’s health” and it makes no difference if “birth control is universal“. From Left leaning Politico:
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) confronted Obama during a trip to the Granite State before the GOP primary, urging him to provide contraceptive coverage. Obama told her that he was sympathetic but had made no final decision.
It wasn’t until Jan. 20 that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the administration’s decision, sparking the firestorm from the bishops and the GOP presidential field.
“It’s very disturbing to me that his decision has been distorted and misinterpreted,” Shaheen told POLITICO. “It’s an issue of women’s health. Birth control is nearly universal in the country. I don’t understand why this is such a big issue.”
No, you wouldn’t, nor does it seem, that you want to. And not it is not an issue of women’s health. It is all about a Progressive mindset that Government has can tell its citizens your religious beliefs are subordinate to our decrees. It is all about Government telling its citizens that the Constitution does not matter on one of the issues that laid the foundation of our Country. It is all about Government turning the relationship of American citizens to their Government. It is all about losing the consent of the Governed…or actually, ignoring that it is a necessary component of American Exceptionalism, and making a crass political decision that beliefs of an unprotected minority are of no account.