Mo. Senate debates birth control coverage measure

[Judi Lynn]

Mo. Senate debates birth control coverage measure
Associated Press | Posted: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 2:30 pm

Several Missouri state senators are raising concerns about a proposal to let employers to refuse to provide health insurance coverage for birth control and certain medical procedures.

The Senate set the bill aside after two hours of debate Tuesday but could return to it later this week.

Majority Republicans say employers should not have to pay for medical services they find morally objectionable. But some Democrats say the intent of the bill is to make it harder for women to get birth control.

Tuesday's debate comes a few weeks after President Barack Obama's administration tried to get employers such as Catholic hospitals to cover contraception as part of their health insurance plans. The administration now says insurance companies will pay for the contraception.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/state-and-regional/missouri/mo-senate-debates-birth-control-coverage-measure/article_9f9e02a1-6967-51d1-82e3-b7b22518a3ad.html

[Dont call me Shirley]

1. MO's (R) Senators are showing themselves as the backwoods know-nothings they are.

[Thor_MN]

2. Is this really that hard? If you are running a church, there are religious freedoms.

If you are running a school, daycare, hospital, landscaing service, whatever, YOU ARE NOT A FREAKING CHURCH!!

You have no "religious freedoms" if you are a business. You have to follow the rules that every other business has to follow.