(February 15, 2016 at 5:47 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(February 15, 2016 at 2:41 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Benny, a little research indicates that HL does indeed fund their own insurance.
I also learnt that they have no objections to Viagra or Cialis, or vasectomies, being covered.
wtf?
I don't think the Bible says, "Be fruitful and multiply. . . except if you're an old white dude then do whatever you want."
Viagra and Cialis should be fine. . . for them OR for us. That could be thought of as health care, since it makes functional an organ that might otherwise be nonfunctional. I'm for it. I can't imagine HL would be against things like drugs that increase the amout of eggs released etc., or against female equivalents to viagra . . would they? But vasectomies? Are you sure? Cuz if they support vasectomies, they are clearly sexist hypocrite fucks and there's little more to say about HL.
I think it speaks to the sexism of their avowed faith more than anything else, and that's why I think SCOTUS screwed the pooch on that decision.
Also I'd just like to add that pregnancy is indeed a health issue even though it involves a woman's body working normally. The sensitivity of the fetus to outside factors which can and do cross the placenta, coupled with the fact that childbirth itself it still a very risky and sometimes fatal process, means that it is a health issue, to my mind. As for abortion, I don't like the idea of forcing anyone to fund something which they find antithetical, but the social contract rather relies on exactly that sort of compromise.