The Real Problem: The Executive Branch is Out-of-Control

Here's the real deal:

The office of the President is grabbing all sorts of power that it does NOT have.

The push against the Roman Catholic church is simply the latest salvo against our rights as citizens.  The Roman Catholic church's belief is that contraception and possible abortificant pills are wrong.  Thus, Roman Catholic institutions don't offer these medications as part of their insurance plans.

Forcing them to offer these is against their official religious beliefs.  And, despite President Obama's so-called accommodation, this is what is happening.  Religious beliefs are being trampled upon. 

Whether Roman Catholic institutions "pay" for birth control or not, they are being forced to participate in this.  This "accommodation" is extremely disingenuous.

Let's take this one step at a time.

This is NOT an issue of whether most women (including Roman Catholic women) want contraception.  Apparently, most women practice contraception in America. 

This is NOT an issue of Catholic bishops forcing their beliefs down others' throats.  The bishops are not going to prevent any woman from obtaining birth control.  Period.

This is NOT an issue of preventing women from obtaining birth control.  Birth control is easily available.  Even more importantly, birth control is not really a health issue (despite what so many are touting), nor should it necessarily be an insurance issue.  Pregnancy  is not a disease.  And health insurance is for preventative care (such as mammograms and pap smears) or for very expensive or catastrophic medical expenses.  Birth control is not a catastrophic medical expense.

Let's look at this from another direction---

What right does President Obama have to force insurers to provide medications for free?

Absolutely none.