President Barack Obama settled a
dispute between politics and the Catholic Church. Religious affiliated
institutions were the ones providing female contraceptives for their employees.
The Church had every right to be against this, since it is contradiction towards their faith.
This controversy started on January
20th 2012. Obama allowed for religious institutions to provide free
birth control to women, while ignoring the church’s beliefs. Catholic cardinals
and bishops across the U.S. defensively responded to policy in Sunday Masses. Even
Obama’s own party felt wrong about the policy when it was first established in January.
Obama finally put an end it by
revamping the policy. Now health insurance companies will provide free
contraception for women.
Planned Parenthood gave their input
as well. "The Obama administration has reaffirmed its commitment to
ensuring all women will have access to birth control coverage, with no costly
co-pays, no additional hurdles, and no matter where they work ... we will be vigilant in holding the
administration and the institutions accountable for a rigorous, fair and
consistent implementation of the policy ..."
This article about Obama changing
the contraception policy involved topics discussed in class. The groups in this
current issue which were President Obama, the Catholic Church and women covered
the topics: social structure and society.
For more news about this visit: http://nbcpolitics.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/10/10371870-obama-revamps-contraceptive-policy
posted by: Alejandra Hernandez
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