Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should birth control be free?
Position2 of 3
No, birth control should not be free
Argument1 of 4

We cannot make those who object on religious grounds pay

Religious objection is important to many, and passing the cost onto those who reject on religious grounds is morally wrong.

The argument

According to Pandia Health, the major four religions of the world are Christianity, Judaism, Catholicism, and Islam. Among these four religions, Catholicism is the only one that explicitly does not approve of birth control. Catholicism makes up approximately two billion of the people on earth-a huge number. Forcing those who do not believe in birth control, as a part of their faith, to pay for it through taxes is not morally correct. People should be able to object to paying for things that interfere with their religion.

Premises

[P1]Catholicism, which the argument counts as a very large share of the world's population, explicitly disapproves of birth control as a matter of faith. [P2] Forcing those who object to birth control on religious grounds to fund it through their taxes is not morally acceptable, since people should be able to refuse to pay for things that interfere with their religion. [C] Therefore birth control should not be free, because we cannot make religious objectors pay for it.

Counter-arguments

Separation of church and state does exist, making religious grounds have no place in medical or scientific debates. This is not a topic that religion should be involved in in any way.

Rejecting the premises

[Rejecting P2] Whether someone is religious is irrelevant in this context.