Sister Angelica's TV Network vs Women's Reproductive Rights

     The Irondale Alabama based EWTN has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the Federal Government's rule that all companies must provide birth-control as part of their health insurance plans...even TV Networks who are proselytizing machines for the Catholic Church.

     I'm a bit confused about the controversy here. The health insurance reform act approved by Congress doesn't say anyone has to use birth control...only that it must be offered along with all of the other medical services most people in this century use. EWNT and others, especially Catholics, say their religious freedom permits them to refuse to provide birth control for their employees, regardless of that employee's faith.

     By that same logic, would a company owned by a group that doesn't believe in any man-made medicine, relying on the power of prayer alone, be allowed to provide only new Bibles as a health benefit for their employees? Or could a Catholic firm also refuse to provide coverage for AIDS and STD treatments? Or could Mitt Romney's firm...do whatever a Mormon company might do to follow its theology? 

     The easy answer here is don't go to work for a company with such restrictive benefits. Sometimes easier said than done.