A snip about the bill:
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A bill sponsored by Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko is nearing passage in the Republican-led Legislature allows all employers, not just religious institutions, to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage when doing so would violate their religious or moral beliefs.
When a female worker uses birth control pills, which can be used to treat a number of medical conditions, the bill would allow an employer who opted out to require her to reveal what she was taking it for in order to get reimbursed.
Critics say the bill allows employers to violate their worker's privacy.
"Leave the care of medicine to women and their doctors," said Democratic state Rep. Lela Alston.
Arizona is among at least 26 states that generally require that health plans cover contraceptives, though it's also among those that let churches and other religious entities opt out of providing the coverage, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Under the Arizona bill, employers who opt out could make women provide documentation from their health care provider.
Liza Love, a mental health worker, testified Monday before a Senate committee to oppose the bill, saying she would be required to disclose that she needed contraceptives to treat endometriosis, which is excessive growth of the uterine lining.
"That's nothing that you as my employer ... have a right to know," she said.
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So Jack conveniently side-steps the issue and proceeds to post yet another half dozen Obama threads as distractions.
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