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titaniumsalute

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3. Did you read the article?

Reply to Deep13 (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 10, 2012, 10:22 PM

Feb 2012

This is a "win" for women. Insurers will offer the coverage regardless of religious institutions paying for it. Second, women can opt in or opt out per their choice. How do they lose?

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BREAKING-WH Amends Birth Control Mandate-Contraceptive Coverage to be Offered Directly from Insurers [View all] kpete Feb 2012 OP

"The religious institutions will not have to pay for it." Deep13 Feb 2012 #1

How do women lose with this approach?? Just curious. kestrel91316 Feb 2012 #2

Did you read the article? titaniumsalute Feb 2012 #3

This is not going to work customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #4

Birth control is cheaper than pregnancy... ingac70 Feb 2012 #7

In many cases customerserviceguy Feb 2012 #9

That is because it is mostly run by men.... ingac70 Feb 2012 #10

Very false analogy - one is to treat a medical condition when the body is 24601 Feb 2012 #11

Your wrong. I am on hormonal therapy (Birth control), because of a medical condition GobBluth Feb 2012 #13

ED drugs don't treat the causes of ED SmokeFan14 Feb 2012 #14

I've never advocated treating only the cause of something that needs 24601 Feb 2012 #16

LOLOL Skittles Feb 2012 #17

Okay, this is the type of fine slicing he should have been doing all along. Bravo! Lionessa Feb 2012 #5

Obama completely outsmarted the bishops. s-cubed Feb 2012 #6

One degree of separation between women and their Catholic employer. Works for me. Ian David Feb 2012 #8

The WH should be more be deliberate in policy making Islandlife Feb 2012 #12

Women need to press this issue. UCmeNdc Feb 2012 #15