SCOTUS bros don’t understand how women get contraception

Posted by | March 24, 2016 10:23 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics


The conservatives on the Supreme Court–all men–seem not to know how women receive health care, or how the system really works. In yet another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the challengers don’t even want to do the paperwork to allow women to get contraception, even if the challengers don’t have to provide it.

The case, Zubik v. Burwell, was not a challenge to the overall contraception mandate, but rather the accommodation provided by the Department of Health and Human Services to religious nonprofits who object to birth control on religious grounds. The challengers say even filling out the form declaring that they have an objection to covering birth control is a burden on their religious faith, because at that point the government steps in to work with their third party administrator to ensure their employees receive the coverage separate from the employers’ plan.

The challengers argue there other ways for female employees to receive the contraceptive care. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who was defending the accommodation, and some of the liberal justices countered that those alternatives ignored the original aims of the Affordable Care Act. But the conservatives on the court seemed to agree with the challengers and wondered, Why can’t all these female employees just go out and get a second insurance plan for their birth control?

“What type a burden does that impose? Is it because these exchanges are so unworkable, even with the help of a navigator, that a woman who wants to get free contraceptive coverage simply has to sign up for that on one of the exchanges?” Justice Samuel Alito asked, snarkily, about the Obamacare health insurance exchanges used by those without employer-based health care plans.

Verrilli pointed out that those sort of contraceptive-only policies don’t even exist on the exchanges, and in a hypothetical world where they did, that extra effort undercuts the reason Congress passed a mandate for preventive care in the first place.

“Her regular doctor has to say to her, ‘Sorry, I can’t help you.’ It’s not just that you don’t get the prescription paid for. It’s not just that he can’t write the prescription, he can’t counsel or educate the patient,” Verrilli said.

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38 responses to SCOTUS bros don’t understand how women get contraception

  1. StoneyCurtisll March 24th, 2016 at 10:28

    It’s amazing the way such intelligent people can be so stupid.

    • whatthe46 March 24th, 2016 at 10:39

      book smarts and not an OUNCE of common sense.

      • Larry Schmitt March 24th, 2016 at 13:04

        Problem with common sense is, it’s not all that common.

      • StoneyCurtisll March 25th, 2016 at 02:04

        Indeed

  2. Patty K. March 24th, 2016 at 10:45

    How can they know, no section in the Bible ’bout that sh!t.

  3. The Original Just Me March 24th, 2016 at 11:09

    If these So Called Religious Specimens spent have as much time considering their fellow man and woman as they do in trying to control others lives, they Might, Just MIGHT, be considered Christians. That is the take I get from reading the teachings of Jesus Christ.

    • Suzanne McFly March 24th, 2016 at 11:13

      If they knew what the teaching of Jesus actually entailed, their heads would explode.

      • The Original Just Me March 24th, 2016 at 11:58

        The true meanings of Christ’s teachings is why Preacher-men have to interrupt the Bible for them instead of the Followers reading it for themselves.

        • Hirightnow March 24th, 2016 at 13:25

          IIRC, back in the good old days (medieval), your average schlub was forbidden to own a bible, for fear that they might interpret it the wrong way and stray from the righteous path. Pain of death, and all that.
          To me, that’s just as asinine as saying “Everyone should interpret the Bible in their own way”
          (IOW, the whole concept is a bit nuts…but the Naz had some good things to say, regardless of the rest of that book.)

          • Larry Schmitt March 24th, 2016 at 13:59

            That’s why the bible was only in Latin for so long, the language of the church. When it was translated into the common man’s language, the church lost a bit of control.

          • The Original Just Me March 24th, 2016 at 14:03

            Another reason for not allowing Bible ownership was, you needed to be able to read to own one. Education is a path to knowledge and the Bible was the first reading primer many people had back then. Keep them dumbed down and in the kitchen and bedroom.

          • Jimmy Fleck March 25th, 2016 at 15:27

            They were not forbidden to own a bible. However, books in general were hard to come by before the invention of the printing press. So anything before the 1500’s was hand written. For the bible, this was mostly done by the Catholic Church and the Catholic monks. The Church did keep control of what translations they accepted as authentic and did outlaw some translations that they rejected.

      • Larry Schmitt March 24th, 2016 at 14:00

        Nowhere in the bible does it say, “Thou shalt pass around the collection plate and buy thyself a private jet.”

        • Suzanne McFly March 24th, 2016 at 15:14

          I believe their Bible says that, we got the version about helping the poor, their version claims the poor deserve to be poor.

          • Larry Schmitt March 24th, 2016 at 15:25

            There was a radio preacher back in the 70’s, Reverend Ike, whose philosophy was “Forget about the pie-in-the-sky; get yours here and now.” He would tell his listeners to send him money and he would bless them. There were a lot of fools who did. He called it his “Blessing Plan.”

            • Suzanne McFly March 24th, 2016 at 15:35

              I think all they types you see on TV are continuing in Reverend Ike’s fashion. Rob from the poor and making themselves rich.

              • Larry Schmitt March 24th, 2016 at 16:33

                But he didn’t try to hide what he was doing. Today’s hucksters call it an offering, or try to claim the money is supporting god’s work. He never did that. His angle was the “bread upon the waters.” Send him money, and you’ll get yours in return. Not from him, but from god.

                • Suzanne McFly March 24th, 2016 at 20:10

                  Well they have devolved further into the abyss of greed, gluttony, envy, pride….

    • Bunya March 24th, 2016 at 13:05

      It has nothing to do with religion. They’re merely using that as an excuse to control women. Men can’t rape and beat women anymore (as instructed in the bible), so they’re desperately holding on to their last bastion of hope in an effort to keep women submissive.

      • The Original Just Me March 24th, 2016 at 13:59

        If I remember right, the Bible and all of the Religious writing in it were all written by Men. Maybe, just maybe, there is some prejudice in there somewhere.

        • tracey marie March 24th, 2016 at 15:01

          ^^^this comment^^^

        • Dwendt44 March 24th, 2016 at 20:29

          Most of the bible is just copied/plagiarized from other older religions.

          • The Original Just Me March 25th, 2016 at 02:43

            This is true. Most people forget that the Bible is just a collection of many writers thoughts and none of the writings have been proven to be fact. In fact, after all of the translations, are the writings even near the same as the originals? We just don’t know.

        • Bunya March 28th, 2016 at 11:05

          You may be onto something there. ;)

  4. Suzanne McFly March 24th, 2016 at 11:12

    How many more republican experiments do we need to survive before we finally figure out they only promote policies of failure?

    • rg9rts March 24th, 2016 at 14:38

      They never acknowledge the failures….this ain’t Kansas Toto

  5. rg9rts March 24th, 2016 at 14:37

    Their grasp of contraception is limited to if they get any or not

    • The Original Just Me March 25th, 2016 at 02:39

      Most of them don’t even care about it. They all seem to know a Doctor somewhere that can take care of it for them very quietly.

  6. tracey marie March 24th, 2016 at 15:50

    How is contraceptives anyones business, your religion has nothing to do with our laws and HC.

  7. Aquarius 1027 March 24th, 2016 at 17:35

    Signing a piece of paper is NOT a burden. – These sanctimonious squawkers defending religious rights are only hiding behind their bible to try to dictate women’s reproductive healthcare. This is a deliberate and malicious manipulation of a federal law to restrict access to contraception.

    As these men will never directly experience the risks and consequences of an unplanned pregnancy, it is a callous charade of religious ranting. – Keep religious extremism the he!! out of legislation!!

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