Displaying 91 To 94 Of 94 Comments Interesting quote, because the Mayo Clinic website itself says something different. http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/morning-after-pill/basics/why-its-done/prc-20012891 Says right there it may act to keep a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. You can find individual doctors and organizations to support either position. However, that’s not the real issue — religious freedom is. To those whose religion decrees that an individual human life exists after fertilization occurs, doing anything deliberate to end that human life goes against their religious beliefs. As does being forced to PAY for someone else to choose to do so. No one is trying to show women “who is boss”, unless you think that refusing to pay for EVERY type of ED drug is an attempt to show men “who is boss”, or refusing to pay for every type of heart medicine is an attempt to show patients who suffer from heart disease “who is boss”. This ruling has no effect on Obamacare, the ACA law as written. It DOES mean that the administration who “interpreted” the law as allowing them to implement such a mandate made an error. » Posted By cyndibru On July 1, 2014 @ 11:10 pm Where is it written that free access to every possible female contraceptive, whether for that use or another medical purpose, is a “right”? Obviously, nowhere. Let’s look at the Hobby Lobby case. It came about because President Obama, in his executive capacity, decided that as part of implementation of the ACA, that female contraceptives would be treated differently than ANY other medical category. To comply with the ACA, it would be mandated that not only would EVERY female contraceptive pharmaceutical or device be covered by insurance, they would be covered with zero copays, i.e. completely free. Never mind that the company in question agreeably covers 16 out of 20 types — that’s just not good enough. They have a moral objection to paying for drugs that have the potential to end what they (and many Americans) consider to be a human life. They’re not telling their employees they can’t use these drugs if they choose to. They’re simply declining to pay for them. It’s often brought up that well, they cover Viagra! Yes, coverage for ONE e.d. drug, sildenafil (the generic form of Viagra) is mandated….. WITH a co-pay. It’s not free. It doesn’t work for all men with e.d., and is contra-indicated for some. They aren’t mandated to cover Cialis, Levitra, etc. And if you opt for the penis pump instead, it comes with a co-pay. Yes, it’s so unfair to women. They get 16 out of 20 possibilies for FREE….while men get 0 for free, and 1 drug or a penis pump with copays. Putting aside the “free” aspect for a moment, and just concentrating on insurance coverage of various drugs and devices, for NO OTHER medical category is it “mandated” that absolutely every drug and device for that purpose be covered. Not for heart drugs, not for diabetes drugs, not for kidney drugs, the list goes on ad-infinitum. Now of course, NOTHING prevents anyone who wishes to take a drug or use a medical device that is not covered by their insurance from doing so. They simply must pay for it themselves. It happens every day, in all aspects of medical care. The doctor recommends you take “X” drug. You find it’s not covered. So you take “Y” drug instead, which doesn’t work as well or perhaps not at all for you. So your doctor jumps through the hoops with the insurance company trying to get you the drug the doctor thinks you need. Too bad, says the insurance company. We don’t cover that drug. So, you either pay for it yourself or accept the “lesser” choice. And it was the same way for birth control, for a long time. Plenty of companies didn’t cover it at all for a long time, then most started to……SOME drugs and devices, with co-pays. Seemed to work fine — until the administration over-reached again, pandering to the female vote, dangling “free” and trying to pretend it was a “right”. It’s not, and there’s no compelling reason to treat this category of “health care” any differently than any other category…..i.e. some is covered, some is not, and you have co-pays. It was just one more thing he tried to ram through, knowing there would be pushback, and then of course! it’s those evil religious people taking away YOUR RIGHTS! (that don’t actually exist, that weren’t even a part of the law as written). » Posted By cyndibru On June 30, 2014 @ 9:01 pm One of the articles I read related to the scotus decision said this tactic was first used by Harry Reid to thwart Bush from making recess appointments. It said Bush considered taking the same action that Obama did but concluded he did not have the constitutional authority to do so and so did not. I googled just now to find references to it. http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/ http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/01/that-was-then-this-is-now.php The GOP just followed the Dems lead. If you’re upset about this particular ethical bar, you have your own party to blame for where it was set. » Posted By cyndibru On June 27, 2014 @ 9:44 pm I found it interesting that the two big SCOTUS decisions (abortion protests and recess appts/NLRB) announced today were unanimous. Curious to see what others think. » Posted By cyndibru On June 26, 2014 @ 4:33 pmComments Posted By cyndibru
“Morning-after pills do not end a pregnancy that has implanted. Depending on where you are in your menstrual cycle, morning-after pills may act by one or more of the following actions: delaying or preventing ovulation, blocking fertilization, or keeping a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus. However, recent evidence strongly suggests that Plan B One-Step and Next Choice do not inhibit implantation. It’s not clear if the same is true for Ella.”
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