WASHINGTON—Ensuring that business owners’ basic freedoms remain adequately protected, a new health insurance law passed Wednesday allows employers to refuse to pay for contraceptives if they are morally opposed to women.
The Corporate Conscience and Ethical Protection Act, sponsored by Sen. Mitch McConnell , exempts businesses from including prescription contraceptives, morning-after pills, and other forms of birth control in their employee health plans if such companies object to females on moral or ethical grounds. According to its backers, the federal statute permits these employers to act in accordance with their aversion to women, thereby safeguarding their most fundamentally held principles.
“This nation was founded on the freedom to express one’s beliefs in all aspects of life, ” he continued. “Therefore, the government cannot compel private employers to do anything that undermines their firm and time-honored stance against that particular half of the population.” The Corporate Conscience Act’s legislative advocates reportedly drew the support of thousands of industry representatives across the country, who in the past have decried what they considered overreaching federal regulations restricting their ability to make decisions informed by their steadfast opposition to all individuals who are not male.
Companies ranging in size from multinational corporations to small, family-owned retailers have asserted their right to operate according to their deeply ingrained views against the world’s mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives.
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