Ron Paul Comments on Obamacare Birth Control Announcement

[Matt Collins]

Ron Paul Comments on Obamacare Birth Control Announcement

Obamacare to force health insurance plans to cover birth control, morning after pill


LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Today, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul commented on an announcement this week by the Health and Human Services department that under the Obama administration’s new healthcare law, health insurance plans will be forced to provide coverage for birth control. See comments below.

“The Obama administration’s decision to mandate coverage of birth control and morning-after pills is payback to Planned Parenthood and big pharmaceutical companies for their support of Obamacare.

“This mandate violates the conscience of millions of pro-life Americans.

“In Congress, I have introduced H.R. 1099, the Taxpayer Freedom of Conscience Act, which removes all federal funding for domestic and international family planning.

“As President, I plan to defund Obamacare and all federal programs that use tax money taken from the American people to promote abortion.

“I pledge also to veto any bill with funding for Planned Parenthood or any other international family planning regimes.”

[Alternative 336]

Even if you are pro-choice, how can you support using the government to force pro-life people to fund this? That's so wrong morally. It would be like if we forced people who didn't believe in God to attend church on Sundays and throw in a bit of their paycheck in the offering pot.

[Sam I am]

As much as this bill will actually improve the health of this country, It falls outside of the scope of American government, and is a quintessential example of socialism.

[pipewerKz]

Even if you are pro-choice, how can you support using the government to force pro-life people to fund this? That's so wrong morally. It would be like if we forced people who didn't believe in God to attend church on Sundays and throw in a bit of their paycheck in the offering pot.

The "left" does not get this at all, they are blind to it. I got into a talk with a newly converted (thanks to a little package I sent him) Ron Paul supporter. The abortion issue is the only one he just can't swallow. I told him that if someone kills a baby in a pregnant woman in a car accident the driver of the other car could be charged with a homicide. He said "that's an inconsistency in the law." How can it be an inconsistency in the law when someone clearly lost someone they have been caring for, for the last 'x' months?

I dunno... I used to not really see an issue with it until Dr. Paul opened me up to the other side. Personally, the way I see it is that there really isn't a reason to even be considering an abortion after a few days. The free market needs to make safer, low priced, more effective birth control options. In a case of rape or whatever, which I'm sure is rarely an issue, why would you ever wait longer then 48 hours to take a pill or something.

What are your guys opinion on birth control and morning after pills?