A little Metallica nod in the title there. The statists believe in your rights. So much so that your right to birth control (I've yet to find that Amendment) trumps the right of others to practice their religion. I've written about abortion a number of times before (warning, if you click this link you may end up reading one of my better posts) and there's no secret that I think it is an abhorrent practice used for prophylactic reasons far more often than out of necessity or for rape and incest, which is borne out by the numbers. The Obama administration now has, out of the incredible magnanimity of the statist heart, that knows all morals before the ones you hold, granted the Catholic church and other religious organizations an extra year to violate their religions. The administration has, as part of the health care bill, mandated that employers provide free contraception (presumably because a condom costs more than your private insurance deductible, or the two bottles of Strawberry Hill you used to get laid in high school) including drugs that, according to some views, induce abortions. This includes faith based employers such as the Catholic Church, which, if you are not a member of, you most likely know because of the charity hospitals they established in your area. Strangely, they seem to work far better than state run charity systems.
The supposed right to not suffer the consequences of your choices (i.e. be stuck with a baby, STD or someone who calls too much) does not outweigh my right to hold my religious beliefs. I will not tell you that you can't do the things I don't believe in, but you shouldn't be able to force me through government to pay for things that I find to be against my religion. By the way, Senator Ben Nelson (D. Neb.) how's that executive order working out for you? Oh, retiring?
