It seems as though part of our society wants to regress in terms of health care, as many have begun to debate whether or not birth control should completely outlawed.
Birth control is the most prescribed drug for women ages 18 to 44 and has continued to be a ubiquitous part of the female culture for many years. Title X was passed in 1970, lawfully sponsoring family planning for the poor. So, why do some feel the need to divert back to outdated restrictions almost 45 years later?
The debacle has really been stimulated by the notion that all employers, even religious institutions, should offer birth control at no cost where health care is provided, as proposed by President Barack Obama.
While liberals are having a heyday with this new proposition, conservatives are enraged, seeing the scheme as a violation of the separation of church and state, as laid out by the Constitution.
Those most angered by the policy include Catholic bishops, who contend that any birth control is a sin against God. Republicans have jumped on board with the bishops, anxiously finding a new candidate to help their effort to overturn the entire health care act. All of the Republican presidential nominees have made it a fundamental effort to repeal Obamacare, the term they give to the president’s plan.
Obama’s health care plan is undoubtedly tainted, but is it really necessary to stand behind a proposal that completely outlaws one of the most prescribed drugs in the country?
Instead of focusing on a dated subject, politicians should focus on the real issues, such as the faltering economy and the lack of jobs.
Americans of all faiths use birth control, so the candidates who stand behind the Catholic bishops should recognize the voters, a substantial amount of whom are birth control users.
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