Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Isadora Lilly- Trump limits access to birth control
During President Obama’s term, Obama worked to put “Obamacare” in place, a federal law intending to facilitate access to birth control. Around fifty-five million women benefitted from this law, which made companies eventually provide free birth care as well. Nevertheless, before taking office Trump vowed to remove this enforcement on the basis that it is a violation of religious and moral beliefs. One HHS official said: “We should have space for organizations to live out their religious ideas and not face discrimination because of their religious ideas.”
This ruling was to be put in place, however, on Sunday, a federal judge temporarily blocked this from happening due to requests from more than 12 different states. The states argued that this ruling would cause an increase in unintended pregnancies and therefore lead to economic harm as the states would have to take care of contraceptive coverage on their own.
This reminds me of elections back in 2016, when Trump stated he wanted to ban abortion. Not only does this similarly attempt to repress women yet also limit their opportunities. Therefore I believe that if this ruling was applied it would be a step back even further in terms of women’s rights and freedoms, as women would be unable to have equal access to something so life changing.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41528526
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Trumps reasoning to restrict birth control is so redundant. Its not protecting religious ideas, it gives in to religious beliefs, and puts religion before reason. In a country without a set religion, and religious freedom, should not be making rulings like this.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree, considering the fact that the U.S. is a melting pot of many different cultures, religions, and ethnicities. It’s possible that Trump is actually making an attempt at being more accepting and accommodating for all religions, however with Trump’s past attitudes towards immigrants, I am doubtful of that excuse’s truthfulness.
ReplyDelete-Ryan Mecca
I think that trump should not make those decisions for women because women should be able to decide if they want to bear a child or not
ReplyDeleteLimiting access to birth control is limiting access to an invention that has made life easier for many women, and masking his personal belief and bias behind the argument that it's for religious freedom is unfair.
ReplyDeleteThese comments are all so true, especially about it giving into religious beliefs. This attempt to limit birth control is cruel to women. Birth control isn't only used to prevent pregnancies, it relieves pain, other health problems, and can save lives of those with blood deficiencies that can cause excessive bleeding. As someone who won't ever have the fear of accidentally getting pregnant, Trump should not be making these decisions.
ReplyDeleteCiting religious reasons for something as important as birth control is absurd and unconstitutional. In addition, abstinence-only teachings have been proven to be ineffective.
ReplyDelete-Dillon Quicksall
I agree. We live in a country with such mixed ethnicities, cultures, religion, and beliefs, that there is no way we can allow one man to make such a significant decision for the whole
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement that people should be able to practice their religion without discrimination, but that does not include encroaching on others' rights. A woman taking birth control is not discriminating against those who view it as immoral.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the attempt to limit birth control is hurting women. Especially women that aren't taking if for pregnancy, but are taking it for syndrome or conditions.
ReplyDeleteI agree. States with abstinence-only-based sex ed classes (the south) have the highest percentages of teen pregnancy!
ReplyDeleteI agree with all of these comments that limiting birth control is not giving women the right to do what they please and taking birth control is not discriminating.
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