enrolled in private health plans that cover contraception. many millions more women who should have that right. those decisions, the decision whether to use contraception should be made by a woman, maybe in consultation with her family, maybe in consultation with a clergy member, but not in consultation with the boss. this is the last thing in the world that should be the subject of a memo from the personnel department. going to this subject of this contentious lawsuit from speaker boehner, does congress, in in fact, as the president implied, bear some of the blame for the president being forced into a position where the only way to get things sdn executive orders? remember when democrats had the majority, we were criticized for doing too much. now a republican majority that s done nothing. no immigration bill. no jobs. no infrastructure investments. nothing. other than to hire a bunch of lawyers to sue the administration. so this is, ronan, a stunning act of political hypocrisy. w
crossing or maybe a tradition that he will be reshaping? i really can t tell you. he is obviously trying to be a different kind of pope in his humility. what he becomes known for in terms of his flock, a kind a different kind of humility of pope john paul ii and at the same time, he s clearly opened to ideas that john paul ii is not. he wants to see the church not caught up in these controversies over the role of women, over contraception, over gay rights. he wants to stress other aspects of the church and this would be a huge step, much more like john xxiii in some ways if he were to go forward as he seems to be. and also, remember, he has
mandate requiring most to cover insurance policies that cover contraception. sot to maier was asked to lift the junction, saying the contraception requirements under the law did not impose a substantial burden on the nuns exercise of religion, essentially because the nuns could opt out of the requirement by simply signing a form. with the stroke of their own pen, the solicitor general wrote that the nuns can secure for themselves the relief they seek from this court. but the stroke of the pen is precisely what the nuns object to. the little sisters say that by merely signing the form stating their religious objection, their faith is being violated. they say such a signature makes them kplis it in providing contraceptives. the form designates a third party to provide con ttraceptiv
caring a, all insurance plans are required to cover contraception, except for churches and religious groups. they are catholic universities and hospitals have the option of letting ploy yes, sir go wage to their insurers to get contraceptive coverage instead. all the group has to do is fill out a waiver for. the question before the court is whether that paper is, by itself, a burden on those group s religious freedom. theed a pen strax argued to the court yesterday that this is not an intrusive burden on religious groups, while lawyers for the catholic non-profit arc you it amounts to a quote permission slip as to what their clients believe is sinful behavior. just cities sotomayor can decide whether to continue the injunction or refer the case to the entire court. either way the court has agreed to hear another more comprehensive challenge to the birth control mandate coming this march. there is a lot to talk about regarding the full implementation of the affordable care act this week
through an employer, your own or your spouse s, you re likely to hear your employer tell you this year, i m sorry, in 2014, i m not going to be offering a health insurance. brian: i m taking the fine? i m taking the fine or i m pushing you down to part-time status, one or the other. so you ll have to go to the health insurance exchange in your state or may be pushed onto medicaid if you re a low paid employee, such as retail salesperson. or a busboy, somebody starting out in life. number five, women kind of got bamboozled in this election. so much of it was about contraception, but nothing in this gigantic law guarantees access to contraception. what your health plan covers is totally up to the president s appointees. so this occupant of the white house says cover contraception, and the next occupant of the white house could say just the opposite, no contraception. gretchen: interesting. those are the top five things. i m sure there are many more things we ll continue to talk abo