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THE BLUE BANNER EOfTOR-IN'GHIEF ERIKA WILLIAMS MANAGIN8 EDITOR LARISA KARR MANAGING EDITOR EMILY HENDERSON MANAGING EDITOR CHARLIE HEARD NEiS EDITOR MAGGIE HADDOCK NEW MANDATE UNDERMINES CDNTRACEPTIVE RIGHTS OPINION EDITOR CATHERINE PIGG SPORTS EDITOR SAMANTHA SAVERY ASF EDITOR KARRIGAN MONK ASSISTANT A8F EDITOR SARAH SHAD8URNE LAYOUT 8 DESIGN EDITOR BRYCE ALBERGHINl PHOTOGRAPHY EBITOB NICK haseloff COPY DESK CHIEF REBECCA ANDREWS ADVERTiSfNB MANAGER Katie RITCHIE MULTIMEDIA EDITOR eli choplin MULTIMEDIA EDITOR MMES HUGHES SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR karen lopez DISTRIBUTION MANAGER ELIZABETH WALKER FACULTY ADVISER Michael GOUGI The Blue Banner is UNC Asheville’s student newspaper. We publish each Tuesday except during summer sessions, finals week and holiday breaks. Our office is located in Karpen Hall 019. The Blue Banner \s a designated forum for free speech and welcomes fetters to the editor, considering them on basis of interest, space and timeliness. Letters and articles should be emailed to the editor-in-chief or the appropriate section editor. Letters should include the writer’s name, year in school, and major or other relationship to UNCA. Include a phone number to aid in verification. All articles are subject to editing. EDITORIAL STAFF uncathebluebanner@gmail.edu The Trump administration’s most recent folly continues a trend of disservice and contempt toward women — the rolling back of a mandate which elimi nated copays on female contra ceptive provided through em ployers. Trump and his white male cab inet yet again negatively affect his constituents, predominate ly women, as a rollback on the Obama-era contraceptive cover age mandate jeopardizes benefits for millions. The mandate allows employers to reject covering contraceptives for employees on the grounds of “sincerely held moral convic tions.” According to the Trump administration, the decree is an effort to cease the longtime “bul lying and silencing” of people of faith. This merely adds more fuel to the abortion debate, as preventative measures are being stripped by supposed opponents. The measure primarily seems to be an effort to revive the ad ministration’s dwindling popu lation of supporters rather than a well-intentioned proposal. The Blue Banner believes that, no matter the issue, the well-being of humans should never be used as an instrument for political gain. Female contraceptives act not only as an effective method of preventing unwanted preg nancies, but is also a means of regulating hormonal imbalances, abnonnal menstruation, acne and painful medical conditions such as endometriosis. The ideolog ical accentuation of sexual en gagement in rhetoric surrounding this issue neglects the conversa tion surrounding actual health benefits for patients. This action from the Trump administration is a di rect attack on individuals who use birth control as a fundamen tal component of their health care. By lumping together mass groups of individuals under the same umbrella of guidelines, our leaders oppress their people and refuse to acknowledge those out side of the religious spectrum.
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