Contraceptive health insurance bill awaits (Jay) Nixon’s decision

[pstokely]

http://midwestdemocracy.com/articles/contraceptive-health-insurance-bill-awaits-nixons-decision/#storylink=cpy

The fate of a bill allowing employers in Missouri to refuse to provide health insurance coverage for contraception, sterilization or abortion is in the hands of Gov. Jay Nixon, who over the years has managed to sidestep taking a stand on abortion legislation.

Two anti-abortion bills have been sent to the desk of the Democratic governor during his first term, and both times he took no action. Instead of signing or vetoing the bills, on both occasions he let a constitutional deadline pass that allowed them to became law without his signatures.

This time, however, the issue could have implications on the national stage. That's because the Missouri bill is a direct response to a policy by the Obama administration that requires employers to provide health insurance coverage for contraceptives to employees.

[Zalatix]

1. Wait, isn't that a violation of Federal law?

If the Obama administration said employers must provide coverage for contraceptives, then would the Missouri law not be automatically superceded?

[pstokely]

2. He's been silient on abortion

Any bills not signed by the governor become law that are not vetod