Missouri AFL-CIO urges Nixon to veto contraception bill
Source: KC Star
JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri's largest group of labor unions is calling on Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a bill that would allow employers to refuse to provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization or abortion.
The Missouri AFL-CIO is asking its members to contact the governor to urge him to veto the contraception measure, calling it "anti-worker." The bill, which was passed on the legislative session's final day, states that no employer or health plan provider can be compelled to provide coverage of abortion, contraception or sterilization if doing so violates their religious or moral convictions.
The union equated it to two other bills Nixon vetoed earlier this year -- one that would make it harder to prove discrimination claims in court and another that would have moved occupational diseases to the workers' compensation system.
"Allowing employers to dictate the quality of women’s health care is wrong for Missouri," the union said in an email to its supporters. "We urge Gov. Nixon to veto this anti-worker legislation so that women and men can continue to have access to health care, not determined by political agendas."
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quite like blocking people's choices in order to control them. Fuck that!!!
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