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The “compromise” President Obama worked out to provide free birth control to women even if they work at institutions affiliated with religious groups that oppose contraception is broadly popular according to Quinnipiac polling.
American voters approve 54 – 38 percent of Obama’s compromise concerning insurance coverage for birth control for employees of religious-affiliated institutions. Men approve 52 – 42 percent while women approve 56 – 34 percent. White Protestants split 46 – 46 percent while white Catholics split 46 – 48 percent. Approval is 75 – 18 percent among Democrats and 56 – 36 percent among independent voters, while Republicans disapprove 63 – 32 percent. [...]
American voters say 82 – 12 percent that it is not wrong to use birth control and a total of 55 percent say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
While the majority of the country supports this decision, Republicans strongly disapprove. This is why it make sense for the Republican Presidential candidates to make hay about it while they are still desperately competing only for the support of Republican primary voters. After the GOP primary is over, if not sooner I suspect this issue will fade away almost completely.
This decision by Obama is not a political loser for Democrats. There is also no reason to think one HHS ruling about one minor provision of a law almost a year out from the election is going to have a noticeable impact on the election. With unemployment still incredibly high, the economy still weak, and a majority of people thinking the country is on the wrong track, I will confidently predict this Presidential election is not going to be about insurance co-pays for birth control pills.
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Not a given if Ricky’s the candidate.
Popular doesn’t make it right.
So what kind of birth control is popular with the Obamas? Inquiring minds…
This issue/law wasn’t about the invasion of the body snatchers. It was to identify those who haven’t been snatched invasively yet and deal with them appropriately when the time comes.
He sings, and Michelle goes right out of the mood?
The public evidence we have to date suggests that as a viable hypothesis. *g*
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I’m pretty sure that whichever GOP candidate gets the nod, he will make a point as to how Obama wants to use taxpayer money to “pay for” contraception for poor people. One would think that, given their racist tendencies and their observations fo how many kids are born out of wedlock in “that” community, that giving away contraception would b e considered a “good” idea.
That’s why its hard to understand these dastardly, despicable repugs.
This is one of those polls where 90% of the answers are to the question “Recently, mumblefuxggg la la la OBAMA glrrgd fuzz. Do you approve?”.
So I figure the approval among those who understood the question was about 93%.
While listening to the Republican debate, I could not help and notice that all the Republicans were against the Obama plan to have religious institutions be mandated to provide healthcare for women. In my mind, the Republicans are giving Corporations more rights than people. This is not about religious conscience but about individual rights.
If a health insurance company can dictate any minimum standard for care (that supersedes the government mandate), then it is the people vs. the insurance company. And we know what that means.
Oh, I don’t know…..p[elope may be “iffy” about abortion, but none of the women who make up half the population want to forced to carry a kid if they can take a pill instead…..much lighter and few complications
Maybe the thinking is, the more of “them” there are, the more vermin-like they become, thus justifying more extreme measures that may be needed to exterminate “them.” Long-term strategy and all. Can’t underestimate their dastardly despicability.