The holy war over birth control

The holy war over birth control


Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) continues to battle the Little Sisters by fighting in court to strike down a religious exemption created by President Donald Trump to the contraception mandate created by Barack Obama in 2011.

There are slightly complicated procedural and legalistic issues involved, but the bigger question is why employer-provided contraception coverage is so important as to require these legal battles to force nuns to violate their own consciences.

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It turns out this fight is so protracted and so intense because it’s a clash of irreconcilable foundational ideas. It’s a religious war.

Religious objections

The first big lawsuit over the contraceptive mandate didn’t involve Catholics or even the pill. It was about the morning-after pills known as Ella and Plan

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