Free Association: This Week's Scribblings

Saturday, February 18, 2012

This Week's Scribblings

FFF op-ed: "No One Should Be Forced to Act against His Conscience"
TGIF: "It's Not about Contraception"

4 comments:

Roderick T. Long said...: “To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical.” -- Thomas Jefferson [source]; February 18, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Sheldon Richman said...: Hear, hear!; February 19, 2012 at 8:01 AM
MarkZ said...: Sheldon, I think you're falling into the same trap on this issue that you usually accuse conservatives of falling into. The insurance companies' hands aren't being forced here... the government is their business partner! Once mandatory insurance became the law of the land, the insurance companies lost any claim to "rights" they may have had (probably long before that, even...).

There's actually a silver lining to this mandate, and it's that government-sponsored insurance companies will no longer be allowed to deny contraception coverage for religious reasons (e.g. Fidelis in NY).; February 20, 2012 at 7:08 PM
Sheldon Richman said...: Mark, I don't get your point. I don't think the insurers are victims. I've written that they won't be absorbing the costs, but in fact will make money off the deal. The costs will be born by regular people, though they will be well hidden so everyone can think she's getting something for free.; February 21, 2012 at 6:23 AM

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