# Why should employers have to pay for contraception anyway? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 3, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-employers-have-to-pay-for-contraception-anyway/692290 "2014-07-03T18:46:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-employers-have-to-pay-for-contraception-anyway/692290/67 "2014-07-03T23:12:34Z")
> [@Remedy for Hobby Lobby decision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remedy-for-hobby-lobby-decision/692060/19): > > This is also another example of of the government taking a sledge hammer approach to a problem. Can someone tell me why this is considered a rational policy: > > _Problem: Some small fraction of women cannot afford birth control. > Solution: Force employers to provide birth control regardless of whether the employee can afford it or not._ Employers are not being forced to provide birth control. This is about insurance coverage. You are normally detail-oriented enough to get this, and that’s a basic error. > [@](#): > > A more rational analysis would be: > > _Problem: Some small fraction of women cannot afford birth control. > Solution: The government provides birth control for women who cannot afford it._ > > Hell, even this analysis is more rational: > > _Problem: Some small fraction of women cannot afford birth control. > Solution: The government provides birth control for all women._ Yup. And as soon as you can get that through Congress… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-should-employers-have-to-pay-for-contraception-anyway/692290)._