Letter: Birth-control policy's oppressive
This undated image provided by Bedsider.org shows a package of estrogen/progestin birth control pills. Credit: AP
But isn't that freedom in effect the opposite of oppression in being forced to pay for birth control -- and certainly an infringement against religious liberty?
We all have free will, so it's up to the individual, but the bishops have a special obligation to uphold church teaching. If the church teaches that it's wrong to tamper with the wellspring of life, the bishops have no choice but to oppose the Department of Health and Human Services mandate -- either directly, or by rejecting the cockamamie "compromise" the Obama administration proposes.
