Obamacare provisions that go into effect today

Obamacare provisions that go into effect today

As of today, women can get free contraceptives and abortifacients, as well as other goodies that their insurance will have to give them without co-pays to doctors:

Democrats hailed the Aug. 1 introduction of these Affordable Care Act services as a turning point at which the American public would finally grasp the magnitude of healthcare reform.

The new services that will be required to be offered under insurance plans without a co-payment are well-woman visits, gestational diabetes screening, domestic violence screening and counseling, contraception and contraceptive counseling, breastfeeding support and supplies, HPV DNA testings, sexually transmitted infections counseling, and HIV screening and counseling.

via PJ Media » Dems Seize Message on Hill Hours Away from Contraceptive Mandate.

Health & Human Services considers “morning after pills,” “week after pills,” and other measures that prevent the embryo from attaching to the womb or that cause expulsion to be “contraceptives.”  For those who believe life begins at conception, that is abortion.  And we are all going to be paying for that, even if your religion forbids it.
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