Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Contraceptive Mandate’s Shaky Justification

National Review: It is a black-letter legal principle that the existence of a right, even a right of constitutional magnitude, does not imply a companion right to have the government or any third party pay for its exercise — you don’t hear anyone claiming that Catholic organizations need to provide firearms for their employees. So, while the courts have invented a constitutional right to abortion and constitutional protections for birth control, there is no right to have subsidized birth control.

Related: Opponents launch new White House petition rejecting Obama rewrite of birth control mandate

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