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Apparently, there is this huge debate on the Obama administration requiring insurance companies to cover birth control methods. Catholics, Republicans, and conservatives are up in arms over the situation, calling it "an unambiguous attack on religious freedom."
Ok, I am Catholic, but I am a moderate. I see nothing wrong with mandating that insurance companies cover birth control. As a matter of fact, it would be cheaper for everyone than raising a child. If conservatives want to help raise unwanted babies because women could not afford their birth control, be my guest.
Which bring me to my next point: conservatives are so anti-welfare and anti-abortion, but they don't want people to have the resources to prevent themselves from being in that situation, i.e. free birth control. Does that sound irrational to anyone else besides me? I, too, am pro-life, but I am not anti-contraception (does that make sense: anti-against conception?). I don't under stand why conservatives are so against insurance companies covering birth control. It's not like anyone is forcing them to get it; but, let the people who want to to prevent unwanted pregnancies have that opportunity if they can't otherwise afford it.
What do you think about this mandate: should insurance companies be required to cover contraceptive methods?
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