Deploring how our government discourages having children, in a USA Today commentary, James
Dobson rightly deprecates well-known government policies that penalize couples
for having children. Yet few observers have exposed the insidious population
control agenda hidden in the Obama administration's contraceptives and
abortifacients mandate.
While the mandate plainly assaults religious liberty by forcing
conscientious objectors to participate, buried deep in the administration's rationale
for the plan is a disturbing and unfounded assertion by our government--that
insurers must submit to paying for contraception nationwide because preventing
babies supposedly will be cheaper than delivering babies.
Such an argument may appeal to those more focused on protecting
abortion rights than children, but advocating alleged short-term cost savings
of preventing babies over the long-term intrinsic and social value of children
rips apart the very fabric of American culture and society.
The long-term economic and security consequences of fewer babies
are obvious: A population top-heavy with older adults cannot sustain social
security and health programs, and a shrinking base of young adults will cripple
our military defenses.
It's time to reject ideologies and government policies that
devalue our children and imperil our future. With President Obama unwilling to
rescind his draconian mandate, we now must depend on Congress and the courts to overturn his
reckless social engineering.
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