North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein apparently thinks that those poor women can’t afford their own birth control
BREAKING: Today, I sued to block the Trump Administration's new rules to limit women’s access to contraception. I will fight these regulations in court because they are unlawful and I believe that women, not their employers, should make their own birth control decisions.
— Josh Stein (@JoshStein_) December 20, 2018
Is it even necessary to note how much is wrong with this? If you’re a Republican, you understand that not forcing companies to pay for contraception doesn’t limit access. It’s right there at every drug store. You can find condom vending machines all over the place in bars and nightclubs. Heck, at schools! And, if companies shouldn’t be making birth control decisions, then why should they pay for it?
If you’re a hardcore Stateist, well, you get the above. Anyhow, since he doesn’t offer a link, here you go
Attorney General Josh Stein today filed a complaint to seek an injunction to prevent new Trump administration rules that will drastically change access to contraceptive coverage. Specifically, these rules will allow any employer or health insurer with religious objections to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage requirement.
“I believe that women, not their employers, should make their own birth control decisions,†said Attorney General Josh Stein. “These new rules to limit women’s access to contraception are unlawful, and I will fight to stop them.â€
Almost 2 million women in North Carolina have benefited from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage requirement. More than 70 percent of North Carolina women aged 18-49 use contraception, including nearly 80 percent who are at risk of unintended pregnancy. In 2010, public costs for unintended pregnancies in North Carolina were $858.3 million.
The Attorney General’s complaint states that these new rules are illegal, as they violate the Administrative Procedure Act, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment. Today’s action against the new rules comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration’s interim final rules early this year.
The thing is, the HHS rule on contraception was created out of the blue. There is nothing really in the Obamacare bill that authorized this rule specifically. Contraception doesn’t appear in Ocare. Anyhow, Democrats are so paternalistic towards women that they do not think women can afford $9 a month for birth control pills.
