US Supreme Court and ObamaCare

The White House: Statement by the Press Secretary on a new challenge to ObamaCare, " The health care law puts women and families in control of their health care by covering vital preventive care, like cancer screenings and birth control, free of charge.  Earlier this year, the Obama Administration asked the Supreme Court to consider a legal challenge to the health care law’s requirement that for-profit corporations include birth control coverage in insurance available to their employees.  We believe this requirement is lawful and essential to women’s health and are confident the Supreme Court will agree.

We do not comment on specifics of a case pending before the Court.  As a general matter, our policy is designed to ensure that health care decisions are made between a woman and her doctor.  The President believes that no one, including the government or for-profit corporations, should be able to dictate those decisions to women.  The Administration has already acted to ensure no church or similar religious institution will be forced to provide contraception coverage and has made a commonsense accommodation for non-profit religious organizations that object to contraception on religious grounds.  These steps protect both women’s health and religious beliefs, and seek to ensure that women and families--not their bosses or corporate CEOs--can make personal health decisions based on their needs and their budgets. ".

Lets Get Real:

This blog has been clear of its view of ObamaCare, but since the US Supreme Court gave it the green light it must follow its own logic and support the Oval in its view that companies must cover birth control in their health plans.   This blog supports the right of women at work to get health cover that allows them to control their own healths when it comes to having a family.   This blog supports abortion on demand, with no limits, thus in this case and on this point the Court should support the law 100%.