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Friday, February 10, 2012

White House: Birth Control Mandate ‘Virtually Identical’ To Romney’s Massachusetts Policy

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney scoffed at Republican primary candidate Mitt Romney’s criticism of a new rule that will require all health insurance policies – except for people working directly in a church or seminary – to cover sterilization and FDA-approved contraceptives, including those that induce abortions, saying that Romney backed a near-identical policy as governor of Massachusetts.

At Wednesday’s White House briefing, Carney said, “You know, the former governor of Massachusetts is an odd messenger on this given that the services that this rule would provide for women around the country are the same that were provided in Massachusetts and were provided when he was governor -- including contraception, including, you know, covered with no co-pay or deductible, religious exemptions for houses of worship and churches, and church-controlled organizations such as parochial schools but not to universities and hospitals.”

“I mean this is, I think, ironic, that Mitt Romney is expressing, criticizing the president for pursuing a policy that's virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts,” Carney said.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

With States rights it's legal but were protected from the government by the Constitution or we were.

Anonymous said...

I mean this is, I think, ironic, that Mitt Romney is expressing, criticizing the president for pursuing a policy that's virtually identical to the one that was in place when he was governor of Massachusetts

Anonymous said...

"With States rights it's legal"

ha ha another constitutional scholar that received his degree from a cracker jack box. So now you believe that states can actually institute laws that are against the US constitution?

Anonymous said...

The whole wording of the law is bogus! "Religious exemptions" only means curtailment of services! Meanwhile, everybody is paying the same premium onto the pot that... wait for it... buys everyone ABORTIONS except the exempt! So, by that reasoning, it still makes Catholics pay for abortions.
Wake up, people!

Anonymous said...

5:57 Yes actually.