Remember how
conservatives were crowing over last year's
Hobby Lobby decision, the one that allows employers to dictate employees' contraceptive options? Like this:
My religion trumps your "right" to employer subsidized consequence free sex.
— @EWErickson
Turns out, young Republicans
think consequence-free sex is a pretty great idea, and so is Obamacare's mandated contraceptive coverage.
The survey found that more young Republicans support the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage requirement than oppose it. The health care law requires insurance companies to pay for certain contraceptive services—including birth control pills, rings, implants and intrauterine devices—without a copay for patients. […]
According to the Echelon Insights survey, young Republicans generally want to maintain public funding for providing contraceptive services for low-income people and are interested in policies that could lead to lower spending in the future. More than 60 percent support providing more educational programs and campaigns, and half support increasing public funding for community organizations that provide contraceptive services and education.
Two-thirds of survey respondents said women should have access to affordable, effective birth control so they can build families on their own terms, and 58 percent said they feel it is less expensive to pay for contraception than for an unplanned pregnancy. About 54 percent agree that the number of unplanned pregnancies that result in abortions is a compelling reason to ensure access to contraceptives.
Trying to drag the nation back to the 19th century, at some point, is going bite the GOP in the ass. Sooner rather than later would be helpful, but as the GOP continues to
circle the drain on the culture wars, my bet is it's going to be sooner.