Why should the government be involved in a woman's sex life?

I think you are confused. The government is not making the the employer provide birth control. The government is requiring that the employer "cover" it through the standard health insurance plans they provide to their employees. In other words, if the employer provides health insurance, they are not allowed to ask the insurance companies to omit birth control from the standard coverage. And as you yourself agree, insurance coverage makes birth control super inexpensive or free for the employee, so it is not clear why you think this is an issue. Or were you talking about some other magic insurance that I am not aware of?

The REAL question is why was this an issue in the first place. It is not for logical or economical reasons. Employer funded healthcare insurance has been covering birth control for as long as I can remember; it is nothing new and probably pays for itself and more. The reasons some are choosing to make this an issue are for purely political and irrationally religious reasons, almost to the point of hypocrisy.

As for WHY employer provided health insurance covering birth control is the right thing to do...

Brushing and flossing your teeth 3 times a day is also a personal choice, but many people choose to not do it. So, it is a good thing most employers will pay for regular teeth cleanings because that prophylactic treatment helps to prevent more costly and complicated medical conditions down the line.

Just as regular teeth cleaning helps prevent cavities and gun disease, which are expensive to treat; birth control prevents babies which are a very expensive burden on health insurance, which is passed on to companies and employees (or the taxpayer). The burden only becomes higher if the offspring are unwanted. We offer teeth cleaning for people who choose not to take the best care of their teeth and we offer birth control for those who choose not to abstain or use less reliable methods of birth control. For purely economical reasons, in terms of bang for the buck, we get a lot more from birth control than from free teeth cleaning.

Sex is a beneficial part of being human. Did you know that health insurance covers ***** pills for old dudes that can't get it up anymore without help; and no one complains about that? Our modern society assumes individuals can have close, intimate relationships, which include sex without a desire for offspring. The most reliable birth control requires the involvement of the healthcare system, not just the prescriptions, but doctor visits. Yes, sex is a choice, but it is an accepted choice in our society and it involves healthcare. Anything that we widely accept in our society that involves healthcare should be covered under healthcare insurance.

Because it's a LOT cheaper for a company to provide contraception than maternity leave. Not to mention the time and cost to recruit and train new people to take the place of someone on maternity leave. And the brain drain when many very competent women don't return to work after a baby because they can't afford child care. As an employer I have no problem having our insurance cover birth control. Every woman taking birth control,also means lower premiums as prenatal care and the cost of giving birth pushes up premiums. If it was my choice I'd want every female employee on staff using insurance provided birth control as out premiums go up every year if someone has a caesarean or complications at birth.,I'd rather have them not get pregnant at all.

All you need to understand is that this has NOTHING to do with a woman's sex life and EVERYTHING to do with taking as much freedom from businesses and individuals as possible. It is 100% about government control.

The situations that are causing problems are where companies are refusing to cover specific things like birth control based on outdated superstitious religious beliefs.

I guess the only real question is why a woman would want to work for a company run by such ignorant pieces of crap in the first place.

Agreed. If you don't like the benefits offered to you by a particular employer, then you are free to find a different employer.

I think you have missed the point.

Insurance companies sell a product. They will include in that product things that benefit there company while making their product look better.

Insurance companies offer birth control as preventive care for unwanted pregnancy that the Insurance co. would have to pay for. Do you see the Insurance Co. point, cheap birth control against $8000.00 pregnancy, which would you want to pay for if you were them.

It shouldn't. Why should a company place restrictions on their employees policy when those same employees contribute their dollars to the program?