[Vision2020] Hypocrisy and the Hobby Lobby

[Scott Dredge]

I wouldn't exactly say that 'this is the height of hypocrisy'.  They may have been unaware of this and it remains to be seen if they try to do anything about changing their 401k plan.  The Green's position on plan B and IUDs isn't logical anyway because it's rooted in so-called 'religious freedom' which, if upheld by the Supreme Court, would arbitrarily allow any business owner to exert their control over any line item in their employee's insurance coverage until the next similar cases reach the high court.

From: debismith at moscow.com
To: thansen at moscow.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 20:37:03 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy and the Hobby Lobby








Why am I not surprised......
Debi R-S

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Tom Hansen 
  
  To: Moscow Vision 2020 
  Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 5:45 
  PM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy and the 
  Hobby Lobby
  

  
  
  Concerning the Green family 
  (pronounced "Hobby Lobby") religious convictions . . . well . . . er . . . uh 
  . . .
  

  Courtesy of today's (April 3, 
  2014) Spokesman-Review.
  

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  Hobby 
  Lobby 401(k) holdings include contraceptive makers
  WASHINGTON – The company leading the 
  legal challenge against birth control coverage under the new health care law 
  offers its workers a retirement plan that includes investments in companies 
  making contraceptive and abortion drugs.
  Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. has a 401(k) 
  plan featuring several mutual funds investing in pharmaceutical firms that 
  produce intrauterine birth control devices, emergency contraceptive pills and 
  drugs used in abortion procedures, according to Labor Department documents and 
  a review of fund portfolios.
  Hobby Lobby and the Green family that 
  owns it say their religious beliefs prohibit them from offering health 
  coverage for contraceptive drugs and devices that can work after conception. 
  The retailer and others have sued the Obama administration, challenging the 
  Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employers provide coverage for all 
  approved forms of birth control, including the morning-after pill and similar 
  drugs that may work after an egg has been fertilized.
  The Supreme Court heard arguments last 
  week and is expected to issue a ruling by June.
  “This is the height of hypocrisy,” 
  Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, said in a 
  statement. “Hobby Lobby’s CEO wants to deny the company’s 13,000 employees 
  access to affordable birth control, while investing in pharmaceutical 
  companies that make it.”
  Hobby Lobby spokeswoman Emily Hardman 
  did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The magazine Mother 
  Jones first reported Hobby Lobby’s retirement plan 
  investment holdings.
  Hobby Lobby’s 401(k) plan includes 
  funds that invest in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, maker of Plan B, known as 
  the morning-after pill, and ParaGard, an intrauterine device. Hobby Lobby 
  objects to offering employee coverage for both forms of 
  birth control.
  Other holdings include Pfizer, maker of 
  the drugs Cytotec and Prostin E2 used to induce abortions, and Forest 
  Laboratories, maker of Cervidil, which is also used to 
  induce abortions.
  The pharmaceutical companies are among 
  dozens of holdings by each mutual fund, and represent just a fraction of the 
  overall investment.
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  Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
  

  "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants 
  on)
  http://www.MoscowCares.com
    
  
  Tom Hansen
  Moscow, Idaho
  

  "There's room at the top they are telling you 
  still.
  But first you must learn how to smile as you 
  kill,
  If you want to be like the folks on the 
hill."
  

  - John Lennon
    
  
  


  
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