Contraceptive Mandate Case Study

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Conservative The conservative’s contesting the Contraceptive Mandate of the Affordable Care Act and says it is within violations of an employer religious rights which they do not desire to support or believe that an employer should have any responsibility contributing toward funding or providing contraception plans for women. Also, the conservatives believe that not only it violates an employer right but the rights of individuals to support contraception and to force it upon the employers that would violate their religious belief to support contraceptives. Some religious business owner does not oppose all birth control, but they do oppose emergency birth control such as the morning after pill and Ella. While most dispute the entire thought …show more content…
Religious beliefs hold that all citizens of a country must be protected at all times and health wellbeing ensured. It is therefore upon the people to realize their needs and act accordingly. Religion does not impose on either the individual or the government.

On the matter of contraception, no religious law mandates the employer to take care of the contraceptive needs of the employees but rather the employees should realize their boundaries and act according to the law of the religion by which they observe.
Ethical The White House has reached a decision to modify the Contraceptive Mandate to address the violation of religious beliefs. Despite, the controversial of religious organizations to pay for birth control, the employer will have to select an insurance company that would offer these birth control methods to individuals at a higher premium rate. The mandate violates the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause. The ethical aspect of the policy is unconstitutional and illegal based on human
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Different cultures have different ways of living and also their ethical values are different and for that matter the issue of providing contraceptives for employees differs from one community to another. At the same time, matters that govern sexuality are different from one culture to another.
The issue of health is one of critical value in all cultural communities. For that matter, Most cultures would support that the people do pay their health insurance plans and ensure that they are well taken care of in the times of emergencies and when they are not in a position to help themselves. Generalization should however be ruled out as at the same time it all changes frfom one community to

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