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Originally Posted by geeker2
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except that when she testified, it was about a student's need for birth control due to an ovarian cyst. not about
sex. altho one has to wonder why it would matter if it was about
sex. one also wonder's how this turned into 'taxpayers paying' when all along it was about health insurance providers, not tax payers. people wish to claim that their religions preclude them from paying for care like that. so where would it end? some don't agree with blood transfusions, others with organ donation, etc, etc. seems to me that insurers would rather have bc paid for then the thousands of dollars for pre-natal and maternity care, pediatric care, and so on.
and if the argument is 'but it's not a medical necessity'-well, neither is viagra. been paid for all along. there goes that line of reasoning.