Sq16Aggie2006 said:
AstroAg17 said:
It does not override your mortality when others have the right to do things you disagree with.
No it doesn't, if I'm forced to be an agent in their decision it does, no?
If an employee wants to have an abortion, and can't afford one; and the goverment comes to me and says "you have to pay for her abortion" is that infringing upon my morality?
Thinking out loud on this one. . .
I don't like the idea of the government telling a company that they must cover the cost of abortion either, but is it fair to extend this argument to other drugs, procedures, treatments?
Is a company run by a Scientologist or Christian Scientist required to provide any formal healthcare to its employees? If a company may exclude certain treatments, drugs, or procedures on account of moral infringement, can that company choose to exclude treatments that its employees are likely to need? If I run a small-ish company and my bottom line is being hurt by a handful of employees going through terribly expensive cancer treatments, can I decide to have an 'epiphany' from God that says that treating cancer is morally wrong?
It seems to me that government regulations on what must be covered by basic healthcare is intended to protect employees and is not a part of a government conspiracy to force Christians to use contraception and have abortions.
Maybe the answer is to not have the regulation at all and let the market for jobs self regulate. . . . if you want good people, you better provide good healthcare. I think there is merit in this line of thought. However, there is another part of me that thinks that people in power are not likely to give a damn about their employees unless you force them to. We don't have to be entirely hypothetical when we talk about this - look at how people treated their employees during the Industrial Revolution when there were no regulations.