tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post1237045728850219534..comments2024-03-28T01:58:21.637-04:00Comments on Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home: Arizona Employers Want to Ask Employees About Sex Lives, ContraceptivesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-83440472850322524922012-07-02T13:24:59.331-04:002012-07-02T13:24:59.331-04:00Thanks KF! I'm glad you enjoyed the post.Thanks KF! I'm glad you enjoyed the post.Donna Ballmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603733714342746822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-33273008662152748052012-06-30T12:42:37.321-04:002012-06-30T12:42:37.321-04:00I'm with Donna on this one. Such laws are intr...I'm with Donna on this one. Such laws are intrusive - why should a private individual be able to dictate whether or not birth control is covered by an insurance plan because of their personal religious beliefs? What about the employee's beliefs? Where will this stop? There are pharmacists who refuse to fill birth control prescriptions because it's against their religious beliefs. This is just a another not-so-veiled attack on women's reproductive health choices. And it's great you could pay for your contraceptives - but not everyone can afford to pay for birth control on their own, and there aren't always clinics like Planned Parenthood available to help.KFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718659705210953746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-78620876194917407022012-06-29T16:18:36.480-04:002012-06-29T16:18:36.480-04:00Still? Contraceptives aren't a life and death ...Still? Contraceptives aren't a life and death thing. I'mm opposed to any legislation that requires any particular drug be covered.<br /><br />Personally, I've worked for a company in the past that didn't cover contraceptives at all, regardless of the reason for them. I paid for them myself and I lived to tell the tale. It wasn't a religious organization (it was a grocery store chain) and the decision was undoubtedly financial not religious.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-83165006355771356652012-06-29T15:56:16.093-04:002012-06-29T15:56:16.093-04:00Suzanne, if it's an actual religious organizat...Suzanne, if it's an actual religious organization, I might say okay. But the proposed legislation applied to anyone with any type of religious objection. And it was going to let the employer demand proof from the employee. It was a stupid proposal and I'm glad it didn't pass that way. The existing law is also problematic and I predict lots of litigation on it. So yay for the Arizona employment lawyers and a sad day for Arizona employees.Donna Ballmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603733714342746822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685903630161577363.post-28632894212860742992012-06-29T15:00:28.452-04:002012-06-29T15:00:28.452-04:00Eh, it's limited to people who work for religi...Eh, it's limited to people who work for religious organizations that have moral opposition to contraceptives. That means, pretty much Catholics. And it doesn't mean you can't get contraceptives it just means that the church doesn't have to pay for them.<br /><br />I think it's a bigger problem that people even consider forcing a church to pay for something that they consider immoral.Suzanne Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129772885673695447noreply@blogger.com