Hope4hope: The Catholic Church may be winning the day on contraception, but it is losing the battle to develop a flourishing religion. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement Friday saying the President remains wrong. "It would still mandate that all insurers must include coverage for the objectionable services in all the policies they would write," according to the statement. The rule which requires health insurance policies to cover contraception services exempts houses of worship and religious nonprofits, but the Catholic Church is taking the stance that this protection is too narrow. Birth control is a basic standard of care for women. That the church would argue that any health insurance should not provide these widely accepted medical necessities reveals how out of touch the male-dominated Catholic Church is with the rest of the world. read more
They are forcing Catholics to provide birth control to others.
House of Worships and Religious nonprofits are exempt. If the Catholics want businesses beyond that, they are and should be treated like the rest of us.