Here's a bit of anecdote to put the issue in perspective. My cousin is 33. She has a great job, as does her husband. They do not want kids and she is considering a full range of more permanent and costly contraceptive procedures to make sure they do not have them. Under this mandate, any one of those procedures will be completely covered under her insurance. There is absolutely no reason why she should not contribute to whichever procedure she decides on so that my premiums don't go up and/or my tax dollars don't end up subsidizing it through the back end. There is a big difference between my cousin and a 16 year old inner city girl living with her baby daddy in his Caprice Classic. This mandate makes no distinction.
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