Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Just look away.

One little thought about the continuing objections the American Bishops might have to the requirement that birth control be covered under all insurance plans free of charge:

The main form of birth control that the padres seem to find objectionable appears to be what is referred to as "The Pill", although nowadays, we have several pills. Almost all of them have been utilized in one way or another, to regulate periods, assuage dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, PCOS, and the like.  In other words, the "Pill" or "Pills" is/are really just a pharmaceutical application to remedy some aspect of reproductive system health. Because so many possible reasons for use of the pill exist--one might well ask: does any employer, having for whatever reason discovered their employee is taking some pharmaceutical known to be used as birth control, within their rights to deny coverage for this medication? Is it even their business?  Must the details of all pharmaceutical use be brought to the attention of an employer?

I think we're getting into treacherous territory with this thought. Is it the right of a Catholic employer to actively try to provide a barrier for their employee to what is in their eyes "sin"--but run the risk of causing a greater harm by denying necessary care? Maybe it makes more sense to "just not know".  In other worse, allow access to the medical care without the assumption that they know why any person might be receiving it--look the other way, in other words.

The church looked the other way over child abuse for so many years, for example.

One wonders.

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