Notre Dame Student Fears Losing Birth Control Coverage Under University Health Plan

CBS News ^ | 10/10/17

[marshmallow]

The Trump administration's plan to roll back mandatory insurance coverage for birth control faces a new federal court challenge. Washington state's attorney general sued Monday to stop the new rules from taking effect. California and Massachusetts have already filed similar complaints.

Last week, the administration said it's changing the Obamacare requirement that health plans cover contraception. It wants to exempt any non-government employer with a "religious or moral objection."

Because of the Catholic Church's strict stance against contraception, Notre Dame University has fought the birth control mandate for years, reports CBS News' Adriana Diaz.

Although the university hasn't yet decided to withdraw coverage completely, some women on this campus are worried they're about to lose an important part of their health care.

"I respect my university's adherence to Catholicism but I also think that no woman should have to choose between her serious medical needs and her university's religion," said Notre Dame law student Kate Rochat.

The university health plan Rochat signed up for just last year could be in for a drastic change. The school may drop birth control coverage following the Trump administration's announcement Friday

[Sirius Lee]

her serious medical needs

I remember when I was 18 and how getting laid seemed like serious business and the only thing that mattered. But I didn't expect the government to pay for my entertainment.

[HamiltonJay]

Birth control pills retail for abor a dolllar a day at the high end without insurance. If you can’t find a dollar a day you shouldn’t be having sex

[monocle]

Abstinence is totally free.

[Campion]

She can always transfer someplace where the religion of hedonism prevails.

[independentmind]

A lot of the older insurance policies which did not cover the cost of birth control made exceptions when it was prescribed to remedy the effects of hormonal imbalances.

I think it is the diagnosis that determines coverage, not the specific pharmaceutical.

I am also curious how “birth control” is a medical need.

There is a very easy solution to that problem.

[independentmind]

Alternatively, you can simply abstain, which is probably a good idea for a law school student anyway.

[topher]

Ironically, I have a relative there. I certainly hope that this person does not need birth control.

Sex is so dangerous because of the STD's.

Birth Control is dangerous as stated in publications by the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute. It is a cause of cancer because of the HORMONE relationship with Cancer.

BCPI explains some facts about Breast Cancer quite clearly.

I am having financial problems, but I will send a $10 donation to them tonight. And I plan to donate $100 to FREEREPUBLIC.COM. But I have to visit my bank to see how long I might be overdrawn.

I need to pray for her. She has the same name as my great-great grandmother who was the life of Samuel Wilson in Ohio.

Is Notre Dame really a Catholic College or is it just a FOOTBALL SCHOOL for the NBC FOOTBALL NETWORK.

This is important because this is the link to my Pennsylvania Dutch Amish ancestry (or so I believe).

[tbw2]

Liberalism is going the other way, shaming people for refusing to have sex. For example, the articles saying it is wrong to refuse to have sex with a mentally ill person (transgender) or your homosexual friend. That it is empowerment if women have casual sex like men and mock women who don’t.