Ranks as one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard.
The point everyone is missing is why does this administration want to offer ‘free’ birth control? Is it because it is so concerned about the costs of childbirth? No, it’s because it is so concerned about the costs to the government of the children.
You see, most responsible people pay for their own birth control, if it’s something they have chosen for their families and they do not have a religious objection, because having additional children costs money, to name just one of many reasons, and they have made a personal decision about the number of children they want.
People who irresponsibly use children as a means to an end (i.e. more kids = bigger welfare/WIC checks) choose not to use birth control because it means more kids, which means more money in their pocket. This administration foolishly believes that this population who irresponsibly procreates must be doing it because they are unable to afford birth control. So if were free, they believe they might actually use it and stop creating all these welfare babies, thus saving the government loads and loads of cash.
Well, as the saying goes, “A fool and his money are soon parted.” This president proved today, once again with his ‘compromise’ which demonstrated his ignorance of self-insured plans, that he is most definitely a fool—and that’s putting it nicely. This attempt to manipulate those who aren’t using birth control will fail, because it’s not because it’s too expensive that they don’t use it—it’s because it’s too lucrative not to!