Our Platform for Outlining Colorado’s Future

Progress The President signed an Executive Order establishing a  White House Council on Women and Girls  to provide a coordinated Federal response to the challenges confronted by women and girls and to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies consider how their policies and programs impact women and families. The President signed the  Affordable Care Act , which gives all Americans better health security, with a particular focus on women specific needs: In 2014, the new law makes it illegal for insurance companies to deny any woman coverage because of a pre-existing condition or charge more because of health status or gender. Up to 15 million women who now are unin¬sured could gain subsidized coverage under the law and 14.5 million insured women will benefit from provisions that improve coverage or reduce premiums. Access to care is also expanded, including guaranteeing choice of a primary care provider within a plan’s network, including OB-GYNs and pediatrician...

a) Unstated assumptions required to accept and reject this belief: Accept: The LDS Church's dress code is excessively modest and targets women disproportionately. The LDS Church's modesty standards are a way of controlling women's bodies. The men in the LDS Church are unable or unwilling to control their sexual desires. Reject: The LDS Church's dress code applies equally to men and women. Modesty is a virtue that is valued in many religions and cultures, not just the LDS Church. Men in the LDS Church are not assumed to be incapable of controlling their sexual desires. b) The best alternative ways of saying the same thing: The LDS Church's modesty standards disproportionately burden women and assume men cannot control their sexual impulses. The LDS Church places the responsibility for men's thoughts and actions on women by enforcing strict modesty standards. The LDS Church's dress code for women is more about controlling women's bodies than promoting mutu...