Stop government control

It is becoming more and more apparent our government wants to micromanage our lives to the point we will have very few choices left. The controversy we now have shoved down our throats concerns free contraceptives for women. First the government wants us to buy "health insurance" we may not want or need. Now they want us to buy contraceptives for other people — IUDs, abortions, birth control pills, "morning after" pills, etc. — even if we do not want them for ourselves.

If my neighbor wants to use any of these methods for her own use, she has that right, but she should not have the right to demand I should pay for it. That definitely should be her responsibility.

This government wants to dictate our every move, choice and action. The founders wanted us, as individuals, to be able to make these choices for ourselves. We really need to elect officials that understand that concept and that will not be swayed away from it.

Fred T. Hansgen

Orem