In the 1980's, Blue Cross at my employers wouldn't pay for

[raccoon]

birth control pills, unless you got documentation from your doctor saying
that you were taking it for some reason other than birth control.

Same crap, different decade. I mean century.

[Thinkingabout]

1. They also did not pay for Viagra either, Hobby Lobby is not trying to get out of paying for Viagra.

Why have they made the decision between Viagra and birth control?

[customerserviceguy]

3. What's the moral controversy

surrounding Viagra? I wasn't aware of any group that is morally opposed to it for any reason.

[truebluegreen]

6. Um, you'd think the "sex is only for procreation" crowd

would have a big issue with it. You'd think.

[customerserviceguy]

7. On the other hand

you the folks here who equate Viagra with BC pills, because they think that both kinds of pills are for nothing but fun, free sex. Or at least that's what they imagine the fundies think.

Under their belief system, which the SCOTUS confirmed with the decision, Viagra doesn't take a human life, but the four forms of contraception at issue in the case do. That's why they see them differently.

[truebluegreen]

8. imho they see them differently because men take one and sluts take the other.

imho the debate isn't about abortion, and it isn't about when life begins. It is about controlling women.

[customerserviceguy]

9. They managed to cast it in a different light

and sold that to Anthony Kennedy.

As for that "women are sluts, men are studs," double standard, I'd be surprised to see fundies that hold that view. Oh, there may be a "boys will be boys" attitude, but it probably comes from the fact that the consequences of pregnancy fall far heavier on women and girls than on males, and it stems from simple paternalism.

[nomorenomore08]

10. Seriously? They probably have a stronger double standard than anyone.

I mean, you don't see many "purity balls" for young boys and their mothers, do you?

[customerserviceguy]

11. That's an excellent point

Oh, and you know what the worst thing about being homeschooled is?

Having to take your sister to the prom.

[nomorenomore08]

13. ...

[alarimer]

15. They see it differently because BC is for women, Viagra is for men.

It is all about the fundy freaks controlling women's sexuality and it always has been.

If you follow any feminist writer (Amanda Marcotte for one, but I think most of them get the same crap) on Twitter or anywhere else, the responses to her criticism of this case ranged from "Keep your legs closed" to "I don't want to pay for your free sex."

[DURHAM D]

2. But did they pay for hair plugs?

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. I remember when that happened in the mid 90s.

There were several meetings held in the auditorium for them to go over the new year's benefit plan. The fact that they decided to cut costs by not covering BC pills cracked me up at the time. I recall turning to a co-worker and asking "what do they think pregnancy, maternity leave and covering additional dependents is going to cost them". Within 3 years (for an undisclosed reason), BC pills magically made it back to the plan.

[nomorenomore08]

12. +1

[RockaFowler]

5. Happened to me in the 2000's

I worked for Adelphia and they did they exact same thing

Hated that company

[Skidmore]

14. When the pill first came out, it was only prescribed for

married women.