2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJust have to say this about the Hobby Lobby decision
This is a victory against women, especially since these same people who won't provide women with contraception are likely to provide men with Viagra and similar meds. Further, the reality is that our society is highly sexual, with 30% of all web traffic going to porn sites and scores of sites designed for one night stands. The fact that it was a narrow ruling that did not allow religious objections to such things as blood transfusions and vaccines supports the contention that this was an act of sexism by the Supreme Court. Those conservatives simply don't get it that reproductive health issues are different for women than for men. This outrageous decision is made even worse for just a couple days ago the court rejected buffer zones around abortion clinics, risking the emotional and physical safety of women seeking abortions.
These rulings by narrow minded men of another era are dangerous for all of us. But, maybe this ruling will re-energize the woman's movement, which so radically improved our nation since the 1970s. Let's hope this has a favorable effect on the upcoming elections.
3catwoman3
(23,987 posts)...cover vasectomies?
enlightenment
(8,830 posts)Also hormonal birth control and various barrier methods.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)I really hope you are right and the women of the US wake up and smell the Republicans for what they are.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)It's going to take all D's plus swinging I's and some R's, especially with the gerrymandering in some districts.
Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)GOTV 2014...and beyond.
CrispyQ
(36,464 posts)& go face first in their mashed potatoes. Goddamned fucking assholes, every goddamned fucking one.
I've been seething all day long. I want to fucking break something I'm so angry.
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)i was let go of for really no reason really, other than I openly didn't go to church & openly was a supporter of President Obama!
Suich
(10,642 posts)Sorry that happened to you...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)It's about time the Hobby Lobby was shut down for good.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)At the minimum a woman will spend about 300-400 a year for the cheap birth control pills, other forms like IUD, 6 month implant the costs could be $300, $800 out of pocket, you pay then you get the IUD or the implant!
Hobby Lobby better raise those pay checks!!! because their insurance rate costs are going way down.
FBaggins
(26,737 posts)Most expect it to make a negligble difference. The plans that the government picks up that portion of don't add up to much.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)They need to pay their people more.
Because Hobby Lobby woman employees will have to pay out of pocket for contraceptives that everyone else in the USA with ACA insurance, doesn't have to pay for.
FBaggins
(26,737 posts)But they won't be "saving" any significant amount that can then be argued to belong in higher salaries.
Additionally, the woman employees almost certainly won't "have to pay out of pocket". It will very likely be covered the same way that the religious nonprofits are handled. They'll still have the coverage, but it will be paid for by the insurance company or the government, not the employer.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)the message is clear - the Supreme Court thinks an employer's religion is more important than women - f*** them all ways to hell
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)sendero
(28,552 posts).. voting their Catholic beliefs, the fact that is is "sexist" flows from that fact and only that fact. Of course voting for your pope instead of your country should be an impeachable offense.