Should religious institutions (including schools, hospitals,
and food pantries run by religious institutions) include The Pill in their
health insurance coverage for employees? Should private enterprises owned by
religious individuals do the same? Should religious-minded pharmacists fill
prescriptions for The Pill?
Yes.
Because The Pill is not prescribed solely for birth control.
There are women who have such severe menstrual cramps they
can barely get out of bed.
For such women, The Pill may be prescribed to ease symptoms.
Nor is severe cramping the only non-birth control reason for a prescription.
Endometriosis, where uterine cells grow outside of the uterine wall, comes to
mind.
Why should a woman be denied coverage for a medical
treatment that will enable her to be more productive?
Would you really stand by while your daughter or sister or
wife lay curled in a ball, tears streaming, in too much pain to whimper? Would
you really make it more difficult for her to get relief?
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