Alabama Legislators Want to Let Bosses Make Your Reproductive Health Care Decisions

Alabama politicians will be voting on whether to allow your boss to make your reproductive health care decisions. H.B. 108 was introduced just last week and voted out of committee yesterday without a public hearing. It’s moving to the House floor for a vote as early as today. Alabama politicians want to allow bosses to use their religion to discriminate against the 637,666 Alabama women who get health insurance through their job or their spouse’s job.

(For a flavor of the kinds of bosses who claim their religious beliefs should dictate what medical care someone can receive, check out Jezebel’s recent examination of the businesses in the 18 for-profit cases against the federal contraceptive coverage benefit.)

Alabama politicians need to remember that true religious freedom gives everyone the right to make personal decisions, including whether and when to use prescription birth control based on our own beliefs and what is best for our health and the well-being of our families.