"the employer paid money which purchased health insurance coverage for the employee who then chose to use some of that coverage for contraception"
Yes, this is accurate. I do not think what you wrote above means the same thing as this.
"This is even more indirect than if they'd directly used the money the employer gave them (in the form of wages or salary) to buy birth control"
I don't agree. Imagine there are two diners I can contract with to provide my employees with lunches: one that serves pork, and one that does not. If I contract with the one that serves pork, and pay them, say, $5/lunch regardless of what my employees order, some of those employees will order bacon and I will have paid for that bacon. I will have purchased bacon for human consumption. What if I think eating bacon is immoral? Crap; I have contributed to something immoral. Maybe I'd rather contract with the one that never serves pork, or maybe I'd like the pork-serving one to offer my employees pork-free choices. But once I've paid my employees their wage, and they go buy pork out-of-pocket, that no longer has anything to do with me. I'm not buying pork; they are.
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Yes, this is accurate. I do not think what you wrote above means the same thing as this.
"This is even more indirect than if they'd directly used the money the employer gave them (in the form of wages or salary) to buy birth control"
I don't agree. Imagine there are two diners I can contract with to provide my employees with lunches: one that serves pork, and one that does not. If I contract with the one that serves pork, and pay them, say, $5/lunch regardless of what my employees order, some of those employees will order bacon and I will have paid for that bacon. I will have purchased bacon for human consumption. What if I think eating bacon is immoral? Crap; I have contributed to something immoral. Maybe I'd rather contract with the one that never serves pork, or maybe I'd like the pork-serving one to offer my employees pork-free choices. But once I've paid my employees their wage, and they go buy pork out-of-pocket, that no longer has anything to do with me. I'm not buying pork; they are.