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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums53 percent of Americans oppose ‘Hobby Lobby’ contraceptive ban: Reuters poll
A majority of Americans oppose letting employers, based on their religious views, exclude certain contraceptives from workers insurance coverage, says a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll ahead of a U.S. Supreme Court decision expected on Monday.
In one of the most closely watched cases of the year, the nine-member court will weigh whether for-profit corporations may raise religious objections to a mandate in President Barack Obamas signature 2010 healthcare law that their insurance cover contraceptives.
It brings to the forefront thorny questions of religious freedom and reproductive rights, along with enduring politicking over the law known as Obamacare, itself broadly upheld by the Supreme Court in 2012.
The poll asked whether employers should be able to choose what forms of contraceptives their health plans provide based on their religious beliefs. Of those responding, 53 percent disagreed and 35 percent agreed. Of those surveyed, 12 percent said they did not know.
The justices will sit at 10 a.m. ET on Monday for the final day of their nine-month annual term.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/29/53-percent-of-americans-oppose-hobby-lobby-contraceptive-ban-reuters-poll/
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)We live in very dangerous times for women and children.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)Unless they really do want to end up living in a theocracy.
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)It would be very telling.
davidn3600
(6,342 posts)Dwayne Hicks
(637 posts)To give corporations and other business' "religious rights" is absurd. You do that and you will have every corporation claiming religious exemptions on everything. Let's hope the court retains a minimal amount of common sense.
LakeVermilion
(1,043 posts)I guess that most people don't know that health insurance from an employer is part of their salary. Employers originally offered health insurance to weasel out of paying salary. Now they offer health care as benefit to entice new employees to work for a lower salary.
An employer wouldn't think about telling an employee how to spend their salary, so they should have their hands off insurance also. Everyone's health insurance is personal. It should be custom fitted to the individual, not the employer.
I think that we would be better off if employers got out of health care insurance and we purchased it like car insurance or life insurance. The employers could just add the cost of current health insurance to the salaries.
I also think that getting employers out of the health insurance business would boost the economy. Insurance companies would have to increase the number of agents to work with the population. Certainly, there would be competition for accounts, which would help to keep costs down.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)My "fellow" Americans" (47%) never cease to amaze (disgust) me
As I've said before on here, nobody forced hobby lobby to step into the corporate world. If the individuals in the company are not comfortable with obeying the laws, they are welcome to resign or close the company down all together.