Hobby Lobby
At first I was in the camp that thought Hobby Lobby was being unreasonable in its position on Birth Control. There are women who need those for health
conditions and not just for BC. I held this position until I looked passed all the one-liners, angry protesting and snarky memes on social media.
The fact is that HL isn't preventing anyone from purchasing anything and birth control pills ARE covered under their insurance plan. Employees are free to purchase other items out of pocket or purchase another insurance package outside of what the store offers. Employees can hop onto the ACA website and find insurance that works for them that covers everything they might need. The issue is with the Morning After pills which many people, men and women alike, are concerned cause abortions which is seen by many as killing and HL does not wish to fund those in their insurance plans. Again, employees are free to disagree with that position and purchase the contraceptives in question with no detriment to their employment -- that to me would make a huge difference in my opinion on this particular case.
Sure, there is room to argue here, and if the HL company has stock in pharmaceutical companies that create the Morning After pills (which they do according to an article I read) then they need to answer why they do that in light of their beliefs. But I don't see this as an 'assault' on women. It's a complex issue, abortion, whether we want it to be or not and there aren't easy answers. But as of this issue today, the issue of HL preventing women from access to regular BC, it is not true. The list of what they do cover far outweighs what they don't.
The fact is that HL isn't preventing anyone from purchasing anything and birth control pills ARE covered under their insurance plan. Employees are free to purchase other items out of pocket or purchase another insurance package outside of what the store offers. Employees can hop onto the ACA website and find insurance that works for them that covers everything they might need. The issue is with the Morning After pills which many people, men and women alike, are concerned cause abortions which is seen by many as killing and HL does not wish to fund those in their insurance plans. Again, employees are free to disagree with that position and purchase the contraceptives in question with no detriment to their employment -- that to me would make a huge difference in my opinion on this particular case.
Sure, there is room to argue here, and if the HL company has stock in pharmaceutical companies that create the Morning After pills (which they do according to an article I read) then they need to answer why they do that in light of their beliefs. But I don't see this as an 'assault' on women. It's a complex issue, abortion, whether we want it to be or not and there aren't easy answers. But as of this issue today, the issue of HL preventing women from access to regular BC, it is not true. The list of what they do cover far outweighs what they don't.
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