>>We're not talking about _free_ contraception. We're talking about contraception being covered by a person's health insurance, which in some way, she's paying for.

The point is that at the moment she's *not* paying for contraception in this particular policy- and nor are any other Georgetown policyholders. Your average student needs very little care so it's easy enough to offer a relatively inexpensive policy. Add the OC alone (forgetting more expensive options) and I guarantee United (the insurer) won't cover it for free. Premiums will rise visibly, or benefits will fall in some other area. If students are allowed to choose more expensive contraceptive options, premiums could rise quite a lot because United will want to cover every cent plus its markup.

Of course I agree that if a secular universal payor were involved, the Jesuits could get back to what they do best (running extremely successful universities it would seem) and contraception could go back to being an issue between a patient and her physician. Still there will need to be rationing in some form but nobody else needs to be involved in the personal decision.