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**Karen,
Unfortunately, there are currently exceptions which require private Catholic businessmen and institutions to act outside the bounds of their consciences. In some states, Catholic schools or other large employers must cover birth control and other immoral sexuality related “health care services” to its employees. **
I started googling to see what I could find—
An article about the issue in New York State:
religionandsocialpolicy.org/article_index/article_display.cfm?id=5333&SiteTopicRequest=17&TOPIC_TITLE=Roundtable
** Another popular law frequently put on the ballot requiring debate concerns emergency responders such as ER doctors, rape response nurses, social workers, and EMTs being required, against their will, to suggest and dispense abortifacients to rape victims. This extends to all health care workers, including private hospitals and clinics. I no more wish such laws on the Muslim Americans than I do on us Catholic Americans.**
But my question remains—who is requiring them to do so? Usually it is a case of “follow the money.” The ones that I could find related to cases brought by schools, hospitals, social service agencies, etc that seek and accept government funds. They have the choice to not accept government funds if they do not agree with the regulatory restrictions that accompany them.
Doctors, EMTs, pharmacists etc are not typically working for religious organizations that do not receive government funding in some way, either through Medicaid, Medicare, etc. They certainly have the right to seek employment in an organization that does not do so and is free to set its own parameters, or to seek a form of employment that would not reasonably be expected to expose them to such situations. I could not, for instance, imagine an Orthodox Jew seeking employment as a pork sausage maker.
Unfortunately, there are currently exceptions which require private Catholic businessmen and institutions to act outside the bounds of their consciences. In some states, Catholic schools or other large employers must cover birth control and other immoral sexuality related “health care services” to its employees. **
I started googling to see what I could find—
An article about the issue in New York State:
religionandsocialpolicy.org/article_index/article_display.cfm?id=5333&SiteTopicRequest=17&TOPIC_TITLE=Roundtable
** Another popular law frequently put on the ballot requiring debate concerns emergency responders such as ER doctors, rape response nurses, social workers, and EMTs being required, against their will, to suggest and dispense abortifacients to rape victims. This extends to all health care workers, including private hospitals and clinics. I no more wish such laws on the Muslim Americans than I do on us Catholic Americans.**
But my question remains—who is requiring them to do so? Usually it is a case of “follow the money.” The ones that I could find related to cases brought by schools, hospitals, social service agencies, etc that seek and accept government funds. They have the choice to not accept government funds if they do not agree with the regulatory restrictions that accompany them.
Doctors, EMTs, pharmacists etc are not typically working for religious organizations that do not receive government funding in some way, either through Medicaid, Medicare, etc. They certainly have the right to seek employment in an organization that does not do so and is free to set its own parameters, or to seek a form of employment that would not reasonably be expected to expose them to such situations. I could not, for instance, imagine an Orthodox Jew seeking employment as a pork sausage maker.
