On August 1st, 2012 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) required all health insurers and employers to cover the cost of contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The provision ecempted religious organizations and churches. In 2017 the Trump administration issued a rule that allowed a much broader set of employers to opt out of offering coverage for birth control, making moot a “workaround’’ designed by the Obama administration that allowed women in some cases to obtain coverage even if their employers had declined to offer it directly. In July…
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Response rates from 19.5k Middlesex voters.
59% Yes |
41% No |
57% Yes |
29% No |
2% Yes, except for religious organizations and charities that oppose the use of contraception |
7% No, it should be covered like any other prescription |
4% No, the government should not decide what services a private business can provide |
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0% No, the government should support abstinence programs instead |
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Unique answers from Middlesex voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@4TR5GV24yrs4Y
No, birth control should not be allowed ever.
@9975FV32yrs2Y
No, but the government should support abstinence programs based on a dharmic religious perspective.
@5C9J8TF4yrs4Y
No, because birth control kills a life that has just been made. The second that an egg is fertilized, a baby is created, and it is alive. Using birth control is killing a baby. It is no better than abortion.
@8L388G94yrs4Y
It should be free to everyone
@4Q859QM4yrs4Y
Just make it over the counter (and hence more affordable) like many other countries do.
@5BPCT844yrs4Y
All teenage girls should be given IUDs by the government.
@4VG7CWG4yrs4Y
If free birth control, then free ED drugs for men. Only free birth control for women is discrimination against men who have to pay for a limited amount of prescription drug.
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