Women's advocates rally in Lancaster, PA against Conestoga Wood contraception ruling
Lancaster Online
Protesting the Supreme Court ruling
Women's advocates rally in Lancaster against Conestoga Wood contraception ruling
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
By SUZANNE CASSIDY | Staff Writer
Supporters of companies with religious objections to covering contraception say they don’t understand why women don’t just buy birth control themselves.
But Maureen Powers, CEO of YWCA Lancaster, asserted yesterday, contraceptive coverage may mean the difference for some women between getting by and falling into poverty.
She said YWCA Lancaster provides day care for many hard-working families, whose incomes “barely allow them to keep a roof over their heads and food in their refrigerators.”
Paying out of pocket for birth control could cost “a hefty chunk” of a low-paid worker’s income, she said, and “another child, unplanned, could push the family further into a cycle of poverty.”....
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Another article: http://fox43.com/2014/07/22/womens-rights-advocates-protest-supreme-court-ruling-on-birth-control/#axzz38LzwV7hm
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