#hobby lobby ruling

[elect2care]

Some Hope For Religious Freedom (And Freedom FROM Religion)

Michael Newdow and others are using the government’s ruling for Hobby Lobby against religion in our everyday lives. They are attempting to force the US Government to remove “In God We Trust” from money. It seems likely to be shot down by a conservative and activist Supreme Court, but perhaps it has a chance. After all, if providing birth control to your employees represents a hardship because it…

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[engenderedopinions]

Satanists Demand Religious Exemption From Abortion Restrictions, Cite Hobby Lobby Ruling

Humanists masquerading as Satanists have launched a new campaign to exempt themselves from laws that restrict abortion access on the grounds that it violates their religious belief in bodily autonomy. 

[tiffanywillis]

Pacifists Don't Have To Pay For Warfare!

Pacifists Don’t Have To Pay For Warfare!

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Recently, a ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States has led to Hobby Lobby denying four types of birth control to their employees because their deeply held religious beliefs make them feel that these four contraceptives are abortive measures.

That ruling has also recently extended to all forms of birth control as well in other cases.

However, there is one…

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[drst]

A mini-lesson on birth control medication

There's too much uninformed tripe being tossed around out there for me to address it all, but I want to address one reason why there are 20 medications on the mandate list:

Birth control medications are not all the same.

I've been on 3 types of birth control pills. After I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and lost one of my ovaries, my doctor put me on hormonal birth control since that's one of the only methods we have for attempting to treat PCOS.

The first pill worked fine for about a year and a half, although I got nauseous every day after taking it. Then it stopped working. My periods got irregular again.

The doc switched me to a different pill. I wasn't on it for even a month, because it triggered severe palpitations that landed me in the ER because I was afraid I was having a heart attack.

The third pill we tried was working okay but not perfectly. The copay was $80 a month. The previous pills the copay had been half that, because different pills cost different amounts.

I stopped taking it after a few months because I couldn't afford the copay.

Now, I had a job. My insurance was through my employer just like most folks. I wasn't rolling in money but I was making above $35K per year, and my rent wasn't that high. But that $80 was needed for car insurance and groceries more. I decided that I had to take the risk of losing my only remaining ovary because I needed the money.

THIS IS WHAT THE CONTRACEPTION MANDATE IS ABOUT. The government - which has only required contraception be covered by insurance plans since the late 1990s, so not even 20 years - saying "OK these medications which are already covered under your insurance should not have a copay because 1) these medications are preventative care and b) high copays keep people from using them effectively." And why are there 20 medications on the list? Because not every pill works for every person.

That's it. Seriously. If this mandate had been in place 5 years ago, I wouldn't have had to make a choice between medications my doctor believed I needed and keeping my car.

[bakelovenothate]

Regulate condoms like you regulate my birth control

[luvloki19]

Educational Rant Ahead:

So, I've been hearing a lot of stuff regarding the Hobby Lobby ruling and people defending it saying "technically" they will still cover 16 types of birth control that they "approve o"f and its only not covering things like IUD's, the morning after pills, and what not because "those aren't birth control" : 

It shouldn't matter what types of birth control a company "approves" of or not; they have no business in what type of birth control you choose to be on in the first place; that decision is between you and your MD. Plain and simple

IUD's and other pills that are advertised as "progestin only" are still birth control pills (normally the traditional contraceptives contain both estrogen AND progestin) The majority of birth control pills contain estrogen. However, because estrogen can raise blood pressure and increase clotting factors there are some people who cannot take those types of birth control (such as persons with high blood pressure, smokers, venous insufficiency, or a person with a risk of stroke or pulmonary embolism). Which is why IUD's and pills containing progestin only came about. They still help prevent pregnancy but without the use of estrogen. 

Also, women who have recently given birth and are in their postpartum months (usually 6-8 months if you breastfeed or 6-8 weeks if you dont) cannot take estrogen containing birth control because the body still produces high amounts during this time period and need those progestin only pills 

As far as the OTC Plan B or other morning after pills go, they are referred to as emergency contraception because it is one high dose of estrogen and progesterone  super pill that is taken in the case of unprotected sex, rape, or in the case of a forgotten daily pill or two. It's just a strong dose of a regular birth control pill and works exactly like the regular pills in preventing pregnancy. The only reason you sometimes see it advertised as "this should not be used as regular birth control" is because birth control is meant to be taken on a daily basis so your hormones adjust and prevent ovulation(or an egg being released each month) and thins out the uterine lining to help prevent pregnancy   That's why they tell you to use back-up birth control methods for the first month for the pill to take effect. People are human, condoms break, and  pills  are sometimes forgotten you need to allow people emergency back up options. 

Women shouldn't have to shell out anywhere from $80-800 on birth control that is supposed to be 100% covered by federal mandate law in the first place simply because their bosses religion differs from theirs.