Mo. Senate votes to override birth control bill

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators have voted to override Gov. Jay Nixon’s veto of a bill expanding religious exceptions for insurance coverage of birth control.

The vote Wednesday sends the bill to the House, where a two-thirds vote also is needed for an override.

The legislation lets individuals, employers and insurers cite religious or moral exemptions from mandatory insurance coverage for abortion, contraception and sterilization. It’s intended as a rebuff of an Obama administration policy that requires insurers to cover birth control at no additional cost to women, including those employed by religious nonprofits such as hospitals, colleges or charities.

A 2001 Missouri law already requires birth control prescriptions to be covered under policies that include pharmaceutical benefits. That law also allows insurers to offer policies without contraception coverage to those who say it violates their beliefs.

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newone 9 months, 1 week ago

Another nail that the Republicans have put in their coffin this November.

spelchek 9 months, 1 week ago

When you have liberal cities like NYC with 41% of women's pregnancies ending in abortion you can start to see why Democrats are so adamant about subsidizing the prevention and removal of unwanted miracles. Missouri got it right with the first law it appears.
abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=7883827

JCLifer 9 months, 1 week ago

You can still purchase birth control. It isn't like they are making it illegal.

I'd like my health insurance plan to pay for my gym membership, but they don't. It makes sense to me that exercising is going to make me healthier and save the insurance company money, but I don't get all bent out of shape over it.

They cannot pay for everything. Sometimes we have to pay for it ourselves.

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