Catholic bishops assault health and common sense

[cleanhippie]

Anew, forceful campaign from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, pushing an extremist ideological agenda against literally every single form of birth control, family planning services and women's health care, has come to light in Congress.

During a hearing of the Subcommittee on Health, Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., made clear that he will push to overturn a recent decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that ensures that health plans cover birth control.

At the behest of the bishops, Pitts ignores the fact that millions of women and families would greatly benefit from better access to affordable birth control, in keeping with the widely agreed need for crucial preventative services across the board -- key to better public health and to reining in costs.

This is just the latest in a broad campaign by the bishops to impose their narrow religious views onto the laws of our country (and to enrich themselves with taxpayer dollars for the programs and institutions they run at the same time).

http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/133926848.html

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In other news, water is wet. This kind of nonsense is so common that we have actually come to EXPECT it. WHY?

[valerief]

1. And little girls and boys. nt

[frebrd]

2. Face it! This is America and.......

like it or not, Constitutional or not, America is run by religionists (from POTUS on down).

[dtexdem]

3. They're just following in their age-old tradition ...

of tyranny.

[NMMNG]

4. Megalomaniacal control freaks

They do all they can to force their dogma into our lives and bodies. :banghead: