How did we come to this?

Obama's press secretary, Jay Carney, defends his boss's mandate that women be given free contraceptives. He says it's vital for women no matter where they work to have access to free preventive care, including birth control.

A few points, Mr. Carney:

• It is highly questionable for the government to mandate Mr. X to buy something to give to Ms. Y -- I'll go even further -- it's unconstitutional.
• Women, no matter where they work, do have access to contraceptives. No one is preventing them from going to any doctor they choose for birth control drugs or dropping by any drug store to pick up some condoms.
• Free care? Where did you come up with that? In case you don't know, nothing is free. Somebody has to pay for it. What gives any person the "right" to have services and goods provided free of charge to them?

How did we come to this level of government control?

"White House opposes bill setting birth control limits." The Dallas Morning News; February 14, 2012; p. 7A.