stfusexists:

stfuconservatives:

I keep seeing people ignorantly posting shit like “OBAMA IS FORCING CATHOLIC HOSPITALS TO GIVE ABORTIONS!!!” “OBAMA WANTS CATHOLIC CHURCHES TO GIVE AWAY FREE BIRTH CONTROL!”

I just want to quickly explain what is actually happening, since obviously the right-wingers have zero connection with reality on this one. Under the new healthcare law:

• Employers, including hospitals, have to provide comprehensive health insurance for their employees.
• That insurance has to cover a number of premandated conditions and types of medication.
• Including birth control.
• As part of the Human Health Services’ new guidelines, there will be no co-pays for birth control for anyone.

So it’s not a “birth control mandate” and it has nothing to do with forcing Catholic hospitals to give abortions. It’s just stating that if you work for a Catholic hospital, they have to give you the same level of coverage as any other employer. You don’t HAVE to take birth control, they don’t HAVE to give it to you directly (you can go to a secular pharmacy… like you were probably already doing), and it does NOT impose upon anyone’s religious freedom because it’s not forcing anyone to do anything.

So, to clarify: HHS doesn’t force Catholic institutions to do anything other than provide standard health care.

-Jess

Hey Catholic bishops, come and get your folks because even they think that you are fucking wrong.