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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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From: bentway10/17/2012 2:57:14 PM
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"Mitt Romney insisted the charge isn't true.

"I'd just note that I don't believe that bureaucrats in Washington should tell someone whether they can use contraceptives or not, and I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not. Every woman in America should have access to contraceptives. And the president's statement of my policy is completely and totally wrong."

So, who's right? The key here is Romney's claim about employers.

As Kaili Joy Gray noted this morning, "Romney supported the Blunt Amendment to allow employers to decide whether their employees should have access to contraceptives. That's what the Blunt Amendment did, and Romney said at the time, 'Of course I support the Blunt Amendment.'"


Under the Blunt Amendment, any employer could deny employees' contraception access as part of their health insurance plan. Romney endorsed the proposal, as did his running mate, Paul Ryan.

I can appreciate why the Republican finds this embarrassing now, but when he says, "I don't believe employers should tell someone whether they could have contraceptive care or not," that's the exact opposite of what he told voters earlier in the year.
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