What is so sad about this item is that it fails to mention that the current administration has done so much to harm the people that work and earn to support this great country. Taxing and spending our country into an oblivion that will take generations to repay. And, it has done so to force people to buy vehicles they don't want, to use fuels they don't want. Gone is your freedom of choice to utilize most everything necessary to life. From vehicles to healthcare and much much more.

Umm, you do know taxes have gone DOWN under Obama and that government is smaller by 600,000 people, right? What vehicle were you forced to buy? I am still driving the cars we bought under Bush. What fuel do you use that you don't want? It's the same gas station I go to, the same octane and the same additives as under Bush. What freedom of choice have you lost? Please be specific.

LOL we are not too bright here in NJ.... remember, we almost re-elected Florio!

Dean -- we've got a more recent example of unintelligent NJ voting. Think about it.

I have to agree with Dean on this, and to add Corzine to the list of people who have been elected in this state, but thankfully is no longer in power. As for Michele's comment, while some taxes have come down, the huge increases in spending cannot be sustained with the current tax revenues, so unless spending can be slowed significantly, there will be no other option but to increase taxes for everyone, not just the "One Percent".

there must be some really dumb broads in NJ!

People, LAtuneberg, Toricelli, Corzine, Florio. Codey.... I mean come on there isn't a bright bulb left in that state!@

Leave it to NJ to vote Obama back in. I cannot fathom how anyone would vote to reelect him. One of the most divisive Presidents we've ever had.

I fled with great relief 2 years ago, don't miss it one bit

Maybe if the economy was allowed to flourish unbridled by a hostile administration refusing to exploit domestic energy and over regulating every industry we have then NJ women wouldn't need someone else to pay for their contraceptives. No one pays for my gym membership or expensive healthy organic food for my family. Why am I discriminated against? We should not be depending on government or we will soon be enslaved by that government.

too late especially when you have the Jim Tobias's of the world

Yes, it is indeed an uphill battle. Oil companies drill and pump the oil, transport it, refine it, distribute it and sell it for pennies on the dollar while the government does nothing but meddle in the whole process then collects nearly half of each dollar in taxes to redistribute to those dependent on government handouts. Something is wrong and it's not the oil companies.

yes Joe G, and then it gets better, the government mandate bettr fuel mileage which reduces the amount of revenue they get for building roads and bridges which is about all they should be doing and then we see today's BIPARTISAN transportation bill! VOTE THEM ALL OUT!

From a friend...Once and for all, because I feel like a broken record: Tax dollars do not pay for birth control. Insurance does. If you don't want your insurance company to pay for other people's birth control, then change insurance companies and work with one that doesn't. They don't exist, because that would mean excluding the entire female market segment from your business. Furthermore, I'm thin and in good shape, I technically shouldn't have to pay for ludicrously expensive gastric bypass procedures for fat blobs who can't put the fork down. That's a lot more outrageous to me. But I don't mind: we all pay for stuff we don't like. That's how insurance works.

Now, please. If you're a man, ask yourself: "Without birth control, how many unwanted kids would I have running around?" If it's more than zero, then stop whining, for god's sake. You're a winner in this deal.

Michelle T. -

Please stop bombarding us with facts and rationality.

Obama devotees prove donkey worship does not begin and end in the McDonkey corral!

Speaking of why women may be repulsed by the GOP, how long do you think it will take for Arizona to pass a law making women wear chastity belts? ;~)

I think one key component of the insurance debate is where to draw the line. I always saw insurance as a life preserver to some degree. That is, it's there when we really need it, the emphasis being on "need". Birth control is not a requirement for great health - although it certainly has its benefits to people and society. By the same argument that I'm hearing here, we could say that aspirin is important to our health, as is toothpaste - the dental bills could be huge if we don't brush our teeth! However, nobody is calling for insurance companies to cover these. At what point do we stop calling on society to contribute to costs for items that are not critical for our survival?

Do people realize that a 65 year old women has to pay for coverage for having a baby!! The answer would have been HSA's and a catastrophic coverage for anyone exceeding a percentage of their ASSETS and INCOME paid for by taxes.

Michelle, what don't you understand about private insurance, and what is the issue with population control, who made you GOD?

Gentlemen, let’s talk about the proposed Arizona bill. It’s ridiculous on so many levels. First, most women can justify taking birth control pills for medical reasons because it regulates the cycle, reduces blood flow and most important reduces period pain (a sadistic pleasure you will never have to experience!). Second, what is birth control; many organizations believe hysterectomies are a form of birth control. Any intelligent person would say that any doctor that removes a woman’s uterus for birth control should have their license revoked.
Last but not least, if women cannot get adequate health care insurance from their employers we need to nationalize women’s health care insurance. Is the GOP really looking to nationalize women’s health care? What’s more fiscally responsible?

The Arizona bill is simple, pay for your own birth control, better yet, share the cost with your partner, and no one needs to know.

Leave insurance to the free market and the cost would be reduced tremendously. More people would just pay their way for normal health services, which would be much cheaper without the armies of paper pushers to support, and insurance would be for a catastrophes only.

There is nothing in the constitution that allows federal regulation of the insurance companies. They have no business doing so.

Your response is indicative of why Obama's approval rating is high among women!

Because women will vote away the freedom and liberty of generations to come for free stuff? An entitlement society will not last, history is clear on this. Voting for politicians who offer free stuff is a very good way to bring down a society. It will end badly but you'll get some free stuff. So that's good.

What you call "free stuff", women call health care.

Joe it is discrimination to provide full health care to men but not to women.
BTW - check your history ... Nazis rejected birth control so if anything the GOP is acting like Nazis.

My argument is this: If the Obama administration can and will argue that under the Commerce Clause, the Legislative branch has the right to mandate insurance due to its impact on the economy, the legally dos Congress have the right to DESTROY the economy, in other words, where in the Constitution did we give powers to the Federal government to take over and cripple our economy?

I wouldn't like to see Nationalized health care for women but if we can't get it from our employers I don't see any other option. Why is the GOP promoting nationalizing women's health care?

Peggy, you keep forgetting about the option of paying for your own needs. If you have an employer then you should be able to provide your own contraception, it isn't that expensive. From what you said it should be a priority over your smart phone and cable TV.

The GOP is not promoting nationalized health care, the democrats are trying to create a strawman out of contraceptives to boost Obama's poll numbers. You're either complicit or falling for the scheme.

Obamacare will create a nationalized healthcare system, first by illegally forcing insurance companies to comply with thousands of costly new regulations, sucking the profit out of the sector until one by one they go out of business. Then, the only option will be using the government provided plan. If you think your choices are limited from private insurance, just wait for the federal plan.

Joe do you how much it costs to have a uteris removed? Again if employers don't cover full heath care for women than it has to be nationalized.

Sterilization is a good answer although it fiscally makes more sense to sterilize men! I don't think nationalization of health care is the best answer but if women cannot get insurance from their employers it's the only option. HSA only saves tax and does not justify making women pay for health care when full health care is given to men.

Joe you need education on women's heath care! Please do tell me why you say I'm am clueless about my HSA. And, If you don't understand the Women's vs Men health care perhaps you need an education in the GOP platform. The GOP anti-birth control agenda means women will have to pay for the most expensive aspects of their own health care.

you tell me why you're clueless, not my job! Let's see> I have a Mom, 4 sisters, 2 daughters, a wife, I need an education on women's health care??? Where in the Constitution does it say that "we the people" should provide health care never mind birth control?? Let's see if you found out that birth control or "the pill" caused far more harm than it helped, should we still pay for it. Hey maybe we can pay for your weight loss program too????

Summarizing if women cannot get adequate health care from our employers than government must once again step in and provide it! The GOP is forcing Nationalized health care.

That's not a summary, that's insanity!. Let me go out on a limb here Peggy, you a Democrat?

Peggy, you seem hellbent on making other people pay for your needs. That is outright theft which is immoral, inappropriate, and irresponsible. You take out insurance, group rates are cheaper so you buy into a plan at work, that pays for the big ticket items. You want condoms and birth control pills? I think Walmart can do it for $5/month and they sell condoms in bulk I'm sure. Oh wait, liberals hate Walmart, you can shop around and find it somewhere for very little. You want your organs removed? That's where the major medical would come in assuming it was a medical need and not a choice to flatten your tummy.

Good Lord the entitlement mentality is unbelievable. Please go live in Greece where you can get all the free stuff you want until the rest of Europe gets tired of paying for their lazy butts.

Calm down Joes! We are talking about basic healthcare and health care discrimination based on sex. No one is looking for anything FREE! But if women cannot get healthcare insurance at work then nationalizing it is the only other option.

What discrimination, that buzzword is getting old. there are plenty of other options my goodness are you thick headed too?

I agree Joe discrimination is used a lot! But what do you call it when employers pay for full healtth care for men but not full heath care for women.

Please tell me what you are talking about? What are we getting that women don't?

Joe read my words: If employers do not want to pay insurance for keeping women's body parts healthy than we need nationalized insurance. NOTHING FREE

So let's ask the million dollar question, why are birth control pills not available over the counter since they are dispensed like candy anyway?

Joe obviously you don't know anything about estrogen or you wouldn't ask that question. Do you think women go to the gynecologist for fun!

bye peggy

We agree: Women need health care. If employers are allowed to not provide it then the government needs to provide it.

Peggy, you're a democrat hack. Perhaps not even a woman. "If employers are allowed to not provide it then the government needs to provide it." Total horse crap. Grow up and take responsibility for yourself. I'm with Joe on this one, have a nice life and while part of me hopes you get the communist Utopia you so desire, I wouldn't wish that on the rest of America including my family.

Bob, u r starting to lose any credibility with that statement!

Bob, prices of oil are up due to the commodities market, PLEASe learn something before you blog

Bob, let me school u here. The reason prices are rising is very simple. COMMODITY TRADERS! Now go do some homework, has the COST of crude gone up from the major oil producers? NO. They still are producing the same amount of oil. The actual consumption has gone down worldwide even though China is using more. What is happening here is that commodity traders see the potential for a catastrophe if Israel and Iran go to war and are basically hoarding the market which is driving prices through the roof. There are actually major players that are renting shipping containers that are sitting in the oceans until the price moves further up. In addition, you have that moron in the White House who sees oil as the enemy no the taliban This is a bubble just like a few years ago and it will pop.

And actually Bob increased production does not mean downward prices, quite the opposite it means the world is using more and prices should be going up to reflect that market.

Joe your argument about women's health care just demonstrates ignorance and bullying. Instead of talking about the topic, you personally attacked me. People wonder why children bully. It's because they see adults bully. Shame on you!

An intelligent person would say something more than just name calling.

Summarizing our discussion: Women require health care insurance; this is not a luxury. If women cannot get health insurance through their employers they must get it from the state. The GOP is going to force us to nationalize women's health care by allowing employers the right not to provide health insurance for women.

peggy seriously, no one is taking you seriously anymore

Name calling - that's all you got! Summarizing our discussion: Women require health care insurance; this is not a luxury. If women cannot get health insurance through their employers they must get it from the state. The GOP is going to force us to nationalize women's health care by allowing employers the right not to provide health insurance for women.