I found the NY Times article on Elizabeth Warren to be very on point. I'm definitely one of the fan girls mentioned by the author. This woman is great- she's all about consumer protection and is extremely coherent to boot. Right now she's running for the Senate, but I'd love to see her as a presidential candidate in years to come.
It's hard to believe this is even a debate. There is a currently a push to broaden the exemption for contraceptive coverage in healthcare. This would mean that many religious institutions, even ones that are only nominally Catholic, like hospitals, could refuse to cover birth control for their employees. This kind of thing makes me so angry. IT'S BIRTH CONTROL, I mean seriously, EVERYONE uses birth control. I know a handful of extremely Catholic women who don't, but they are a tiny minority. The vast majority of people, and even the vast majority of Catholics, use birth control. Do we seriously want everyone having ten kids? It's all well and good if that's truly what you want and you can both emotionally and financially provide for these children, but most Americans can't. Not to mention how many children are languishing in foster care systems and orphanages across the world. I firmly believe that even if you do want a lot of children, adoption is the way to go. Anyway, side rant, but the fact that this is even a discussion is ridiculous. What is this, the 1950's?
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