The Carcinogenic War on Women
Dorinda C. Bordlee and Nikolas T. Nikas write at National Review's The Corner:
In the early days of the HHS mandate forcing even religious objectors to provide free coverage for contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs, our NRO post titled "Three Things Everyone Should Know About the HHS Mandate" pointed to evidence establishing that the mandated contraceptive drugs are carcinogenic.
And now, the most prestigious federal appeals court has taken judicial notice of this fact as well.
Citing Bioethics Defense Fund's amicus brief, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is the first court to recognize that the World Health Organization classifies certain contraceptives required by the HHS mandate as carcinogenic.
This completely underminds the government's claims that the drugs "promote women's health" and must therefore be provided by all employers, regardless of religious objection.
"The Obama administration has shown a shocking lack of respect for women’s health and their rights to full disclosure of serious medical risks," The Corner concludes. "The D.C. Circuit’s recognition of the carcinogenic classification of the mandated drugs suggests that the real war on women is not being waged by those who oppose the mandate, but rather by those who are coercively imposing it."
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