Saturday, July 5, 2014

Had Hobby Lobby Lost, Abortions Would Have been Affected

   You're wondering, aren't you, how the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision will affect abortions. If companies do not have to provide insurance paying for contraceptives, then they should no longer have to provide insurance paying for abortions. One equals the other.
   Well, surprise: Companies don't have to insure abortions right now, anyway. They can opt out of any financial involvement in abortions. It was made that way way back in 1973 in the Roe v. Wade decision. (But, states have been given the right to strike down that provision, and indeed require companies to insure abortions, if I understand correctly.)
   One of the dangers of the Hobby Lobby case was that if the court had ruled against Hobby Lobby, then the door would have been open to require companies to insure abortions.
   Thankfully, that didn't happen.

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