DU: This statism thing isn't quite going the way we had hoped

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Women in AZ: Be prepared to hand over information about your reproductive health to your bosses...

Arizona legislators have advanced an unprecedented bill that would require women who wish to have their contraception covered by their health insurance plans to prove to their employers that they are taking it to treat medical conditions. The bill also makes it easier for Arizona employers to fire a woman for using birth control to prevent pregnancy despite the employer's moral objection.

Under current law, health plans in Arizona that cover other prescription medications must also cover contraception. House Bill 2625, which the state House of Representatives passed earlier this month and the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed on Monday, repeals that law and allows any employer to refuse to cover contraception that will be used "for contraceptive, abortifacient, abortion or sterilization purposes." If a woman wants the cost of her contraception covered, she has to "submit a claim" to her employer providing evidence of a medical condition, such as endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome, that can be treated with birth control.

Moreover, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, the law would give Arizona employers the green light to fire a woman upon finding out that she took birth control for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.

"The bill goes beyond guaranteeing a person's rights to express and practice their faith," Anjali Abraham, a lobbyist for the ACLU, told the Senate panel, "and instead lets employers prioritize their beliefs over the beliefs, the interests, the needs of their employees, in this case, particularly, female employees."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/arizona-birth-control-bill-contraception-medical-reasons_n_1344557.html

This is the new McCarthyism. I ****ing hate these people.  

If I may quote the inestimable Barack Obama vis-a-vis your rights...

"Oh well."

http://election.democraticunderground.com/1002424560

[Skul]

Cyanidebite uses such a renowned source for info, how could we ever dispute it. 

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cynatnite (24,061 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

Women in AZ: Be prepared to hand over information about your reproductive health to your bosses...

Arizona legislators have advanced an unprecedented bill that would require women who wish to have their contraception covered by their health insurance plans to prove to their employers that they are taking it to treat medical conditions. The bill also makes it easier for Arizona employers to fire a woman for using birth control to prevent pregnancy despite the employer's moral objection.

Under current law, health plans in Arizona that cover other prescription medications must also cover contraception. House Bill 2625, which the state House of Representatives passed earlier this month and the Senate Judiciary Committee endorsed on Monday, repeals that law and allows any employer to refuse to cover contraception that will be used "for contraceptive, abortifacient, abortion or sterilization purposes." If a woman wants the cost of her contraception covered, she has to "submit a claim" to her employer providing evidence of a medical condition, such as endometriosis or polycystic ovarian syndrome, that can be treated with birth control.

Moreover, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, the law would give Arizona employers the green light to fire a woman upon finding out that she took birth control for the purpose of preventing pregnancy.

"The bill goes beyond guaranteeing a person's rights to express and practice their faith," Anjali Abraham, a lobbyist for the ACLU, told the Senate panel, "and instead lets employers prioritize their beliefs over the beliefs, the interests, the needs of their employees, in this case, particularly, female employees."

http://www.huffingtonpost...al-reasons_n_1344557.html

This is the new McCarthyism. I ****ing hate these people. 

Yeah! See what happens when you idiots try to force a ridiculous standard on the rest of us. You get a ridiculous standard  right back! ****ers never learn i swear!

[Tucker]

DUmmies attempt to reframe the narrative is so transparent.

Nobody but DUmbasses believe anything you say.

That's why you fail.

Edit to correct the oops.  

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

DUmmies attempt to refrain the narrative is so transparent.

Nobody but DUmbasses believe anything you say.

That's why you fail.

It's almost as if conservatives have been preaching self-reliance and the primacy of personal liberty as a safeguard for all people to ward-off the encroachment of tyranny.

And they won't even thank us.

[Karin]

The bill also makes it easier for Arizona employers to fire a woman for using birth control to prevent pregnancy

 Call me crazy, but for some reason, I have some healthy skepticism about the veracity of this sentence.  

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

 Call me crazy, but for some reason, I have some healthy skepticism about the veracity of this sentence.  

As do I but it is still very useful.

When the little ass-nuggets howl, "That's a violation of my personal rights!" we get to put on our funny Pope hats and say, "Welcome to my world."