Yes, we all know that the GOP and especially the devout catholic Paul Ryan cannot stand the thought of women being covered by their insurance companies for birth control. I say this because of a recent article from the Huffington Post in which Ryan declares his day one activities: strike down the religion/freedom killing birth control mandate! They want religiously (Christian) affiliated employers to have to make an insurance plan available with preventative healthcare measures like contraception for women that work for them; who may or may not have the same religious ideals as the distant founders??? Not on his watch.
This is definitely not a new theme in this election, it has been one of the central issues. It is just incredibly interesting that the republican candidates seem to one, ignore the flocks of moderate, religious women evacuating the GOP and two, that most catholics seem to agree that employers should in fact provide plans with contraception regardless of a mandate. In one poll from February of this year, 58 percent of catholics think that all employers should be required to provide plans that include contraception. It is also interesting that the short article projects that the republicans will have to drop the issue after the base gathering primaries, we wish.
SO, the question I would like to throw out is why do you think Ryan and other staunch religious right-ers are holding so fast to banning the contraception mandate when a small but definite majority of fellow followers feel the opposite? Do you think it is limiting their chances of winning or aiding it? And of course, why?
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