The Right to Have Birth Control?

The Obama administration has been caught in a political crossfire as various groups have been extremely vocally in their support or disdain for a recent administrative mandate that: "Would require religiously affiliated nonprofits, including Catholic universities and hospitals, to cover birth control in employee health care plans," according to rollcall.com. However, after the backlash in response to the measure, Obama announced that said groups would be excluded from the mandate.

The existence of the mandate seems to highlight a interesting trend in governance. In essence this mandate regulated moral code. Saying, essentially, that Americans had the right to receiving, at the expense of us all, the means to control birth. Furthermore, why are employers consistently on the hook for instituting governmental mandates? Lastly, will the leaders of tomorrow be equipped with the education to grapple with coming the coming barrage of undoubtedly similar reforms?

Weigh in is you wish...your thoughts are appreciated.