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Religious concerns aside, the new White House rule leaves the birth-control mandate in place. Trump\u2019s \u201ctweak won\u2019t affect 99.9 percent of women,\u201d observes The Wall Street Journal, \u201cand that number could probably have a few more 9s at the end.\u201d Washington will continue to compel virtually every employer and insurer in America to supply birth control to any woman who wants one at no out-of-pocket cost.<\/em><\/p>\n

Yet there is no legitimate rationale for such a mandate. Americans don\u2019t expect to get aspirin, bandages, or cold medicine \u2014 or condoms \u2014 for free; by what logic should birth control pills or diaphragms be handed over at no cost? It is true that a woman\u2019s unwanted pregnancy can lead to serious costs, but the same is also true of a diabetic\u2019s hyperglycemia. Should insulin be free?<\/em><\/p>\n

By and large, birth control is inexpensive; as little as $20 a month without insurance. For low-income women who find that too onerous, the federal government\u2019s Title X program provides subsidized contraception to the tune of nearly $290 million per year<\/a>. American women are not forced to choose between the Pill or the rent. And access to birth control, as the Centers for Disease Control reported in 2010, was virtually universal before<\/strong> Obamacare.<\/em><\/p>\n

~ Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe<\/a>, October 10, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Religious concerns aside, the new White House rule leaves the birth-control mandate in place. Trump\u2019s \u201ctweak won\u2019t affect 99.9 percent of women,\u201d observes The Wall Street Journal, \u201cand that number could probably have a few more 9s at the end.\u201d Washington will continue to compel virtually every employer and insurer in America to supply birth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":172492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[4,11,3058],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nGlobe columnist: 'No one in America is being deprived of birth control'<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\""Women are not forced to choose between the Pill or the rent. 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