Missouri governor vetoes measure on birth control
Source: STL Post-dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY • Gov. Jay Nixon found a narrow reason Thursday to veto a bill that would have put Missouri law in direct conflict with the new federal mandate for health insurance coverage of contraceptives.
Rather than engage in the national debate over religious liberty and birth control policy, Nixon vetoed the bill because he said it shifted too much power to insurance companies.
The bill would have allowed Missouri employers and insurers to decide not to provide coverage for abortion, contraception or sterilization if such procedures ran contrary to their religious beliefs or moral convictions.
Nixon said Missouri law already provides protection for employers and employees who object to paying for contraceptive coverage. Those safeguards would have been weakened if insurers could call the shots, he said.
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