Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Wall Street Journal Perpetuates Myth that ACA Contraception Mandate Covers Abortions
Media Matters: For The Wall Street Journal, It's About Abortion Even When It Isn't, by Meagan Hatcher Mays:
The Wall Street Journal is celebrating a recent Supreme Court ruling that will allow an anti-choice activist group to challenge the constitutionality of an Ohio law that bans false statements in election campaigns, a state statute that is opposed by free speech advocates across the political spectrum. But the WSJ went on to erroneously argue that the false statement at issue in the case -- that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds abortions -- is actually true, because contraceptives are actually "abortifacients." . . .
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/reproductive_rights/2014/06/wall-street-journal-perpetuates-myth-that-aca-contraception-mandate-covers-abortions.html