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[AGDee]

They don't pay for it anyway, the insurance company does. Unless they are self insured (and few companies are- usually the biggest of the big companies), they do not pay that bill. I don't see any insurance company saying "well we don't cover IUDs and PlanB for this employer, let's lower their insurance."

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AGDee

They don't pay for it anyway, the insurance company does. Unless they are self insured (and few companies are- usually the biggest of the big companies), they do not pay that bill. I don't see any insurance company saying "well we don't cover IUDs and PlanB for this employer, let's lower their insurance."

Every company that I have worked for in the last 12 years has been self insured, and they range from small regionals to internationals. I know you have some knowledge about the industry, but insurers tailor the plans based on what the employers are willing to pay for/offer. So in essence, employer money would be paying for it.

For the record, I think birth control should be mandatory and you're only allowed to get off it when you've proven that you can be a responsible parent. Kidding. Sort of.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

For the record, I think birth control should be mandatory and you're only allowed to get off it when you've proven that you can be a responsible parent. Kidding. Sort of.

As if there isn't enough sexism, classism, racism, and ethnocentrism in the world.

I don't believe in required birth control or any equivalent. Such restrictions are the opposite extreme of limits to BC and the pro-life movement.

I believe in a medium. I believe there should be world sex education and reproductive education that teaches people that sexuality isn't shameful, reproductive rights are important, having children is a choice and not a requirement or obligation, and children are preventable without abstinence, more people in the world need to be given the resources to make reproductive choices rather than mistakes. I'm tired of people acting as though having children is required and unavoidable. I'm tired of people acting like they don't know how reproduction happens as though children just show up at their doorsteps. I'm tired of people making womanhood synonymous with motherhood; and adulthood synonymous with parenthood. And I'm tired of parents around the world spending more time planning when and how they will defecate than they spend planning to have children and learning that parenting is way more stress than it is romanticized fun and cuteness.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I believe in a medium. I believe there should be world sex education and reproductive education that teaches people that sexuality isn't shameful, reproductive rights are important, having children is a choice and not a requirement or obligation, and children are preventable without abstinence, more people in the world need to be given the resources to make reproductive choices rather than mistakes. I'm tired of people acting as though having children is required and unavoidable. I'm tired of people acting like they don't know how reproduction happens as though children just show up at their doorsteps. I'm tired of people making womanhood synonymous with motherhood; and adulthood synonymous with parenthood. And I'm tired of parents around the world spending more time planning when and how they will defecate than they spend planning to have children and learning that parenting is way more stress than it is romanticized fun and cuteness.