Roundup: Catholic Bishops Coming For Your Birth Control

[Emit]

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is once more trying to flex its muscles. Not happy to have simply pushed to remove all abortion coverage from health care reform, they now have a new target: making sure birth control isn't covered, either.

Via BusinessInsurance.com:

An organization representing U.S. Catholic bishops is asking federal regulators not to classify contraceptives and sterilization as preventive services, thus entitling them to full coverage under the health care reform law, in final rules.

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in a letter sent Friday to the Department of Health and Human Services, said that preventing pregnancy is not preventing a disease.

Over at Lifenews, the group goes into great detail, promoting falsehoods about the dangers of hormonal contraceptives as a reason not to cover them as the plan does all other preventative medications...

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Can the Conference of Bishops once more outmaneuver and strong arm politicians into abandoning any promises to help women through health care reform? It looks like we'll have another showdown to watch.

http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/09/21/roundup-catholic-bishops-coming-your-birth-control

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. omg

:puke:

[Emit]

2. There's a Catholic radio station that is close to the progressive am station

I listen to in the car. Every now and then, I land on it by accident. They talk about this shit every day! Every day.

[dflprincess]

6. "Relevant" radio?

That's what the Catholic station here calls itself. I'm not sure if the DJs on it heard about Vatican II.

I listen to it now and again to remind myself why I lapsed.

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Until each one of those Bishops can demonstrate the miracle of the seven loaves and fishes,

they should really STFU.

[Lucian]

4. These...these guys are serious?

:wtf:?

This is seriously fucked up. They shouldn't be telling women what to do until they stop inappropriately touching little boys.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. +100!

[RagAss]

5. Hey Slapdicks ...Shove those pointy hats up your asses ! And by the way....

Don't you have some pedophiles to hide in the attic ??

You Slappys !

[OmahaBlueDog]

8. And here will be the outcome: Bishops vs. Big Pharma

Big pharma wins. Game over.

Even the generic forms of the pill, which are cheap, are cash cows for Pharma. Pharma won't tolerate removing it from HCR because it starts a slippery slope of other potential removal.

[krabigirl]

9. wtf

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

10. Come on, apologists! Defend this! Come on, I dare you!

How are you going to whitewash this one? The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops are "not real Christians"? They're being brainwashed by aliens?

Or are you going to pretend this didn't happen?

I'm waiting.

[Cleita]

11. Well, women have to unite and fight them.

Stop going to church and pull your kids out of parochial school. That should empty their coffers quickly enough.