Texas apparently doesn’t want people to be healthy or in control of their reproductive rights.
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A new bill introduced by State Rep. Jonathan Stickland (R) would give tax breaks to companies that don’t cover emergency contraception such as the morning-after pill, a violation of key Obamacare provisions.
Under Obamacare, company health insurance plans are required to fully cover employees’ contraception costs, and companies must pay a federal fine if they do not.
The Texas bill, however, could wipe out the financial punishment for some companies to not cover emergency contraception.
The state tax break would be up to the total amount that companies pay in state taxes or the total amount of the federal fine, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
This isn’t the first time Obamacare’s contraception mandate has faced criticism. A federal judge ruled in November that Hobby Lobby must cover employees’ contraception costs after the company filed a lawsuit requesting an exemption, claiming that the contraception mandate violated their religious freedom. And the Supreme Court declined to block the contraception mandate in December.
This might be less about Obamacare and more about lawmakers controlling women’s reproductive rights…yet again. Will they EVER let us be?
SOURCE: Huffington Post
