Author and sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania Melissa Wilde presented findings from her book “Birth Control Battles: How Race and Class Divided American Religion” for this year’s Harshbarger Lecture
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since using contraception saves on health care costs. in announcing the new modified rule the president made it clear he thinks this should be the end of the party like it s 1965 birth control battle. i understand some folks in washington may want to treat this as another political wedge issue but it shouldn t be. i certainly never saw it that way. this is an issue where people of good will on both sides of the debate have been sorting through very complicated questions to find a solution that works for everyone. with today s announcement we ve done that. all done fighting about birth control, right? wrong. conservatives spent all day at cpac raging about it anyway, even after the change. after the president modified the rules so the thing everybody was supposedly upset about making catholic affiliated institutions pay for birth control, three of the four remaining republican candidates for president treated the cpac crowd to a one of
which is probably a good deal for the insurance companies since using contraception saves on health care costs. in announcing the new modified rule the president made it clear he thinks this should be the end of the party like it s 1965 birth control battle. i understand some folks in washington may want to treat this as another political wedge issue but it shouldn t be. i certainly never saw it that way. this is an issue where people of good will on both sides of the debate have been sorting through very complicated questions to find a solution that works for everyone. with today s announcement we ve done that. all done fighting about birth control, right? wrong. conservatives spent all day at cpac raging about it anyway, even after the change. after the president modified the rules so the thing everybody was supposedly upset about making catholic affiliated institutions pay for birth control, three of the four remaining republican candidates for president treated