Last Word host Lawrence O’Donnell came in to the office early today to talk birth control mandate on MSNBC's Now with Alex Wagner.

As Lawrence pointed out, most people support birth control these days. "I think it has made America a very happy place to live since it was invented by men who desperately desperately desperately wanted to stop using that old fashioned rubberized contraception," he said.

O'Donnell told Wagner the argument is more political and more big picture: the government's involvement in your heath care and where voters live. He suggested President Obama, who is currently in reelection mode, would also pay specific attention to where voters against this mandate live. Should he rush to please if they wouldn't vote for him in the first place?

"You're not running for President of the United States," he said. "You're running for the President of Pennsylvania. You're running for the president of about eight states that matter." He added, "As someone running for president, you say, 'tell me where they are."

President Obama's health care reform law requires all employer health care plans to offer coverage for birth control. But, religious institutions, particularly those affiliated with the Catholic Church, are concerned this new law would forces them to violate their beliefs. (Constitutional expert David Boies called that B.S. from a legal standpoint).

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Constitutional expert David Boies said there's no basis for a constitutional fight with the birth control mandate. On The Last Word, he compared the current debate that's heating up in Washington to simple tax law or labor laws.

"There isn't a constitutional issue involved in this case," he told MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday. "You don't exempt religious employers just because of their religion. You are not asking anybody in the Catholic church or any other church to do anything other than simply comply with a normal law that every employer has to comply with."

Boies, who represented Vice President Al Gore in Bush v. Gore, said "this case would have trouble getting to the court."

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Speaker John Boehner discussing birth control on Capitol Hill last week.

The birth control mandate has been blowing up our Facebook and Twitter feeds, and comment sections on the blog.

The White House is reevaluating its health care policy that requires all employers to provide workers with coverage to birth control pills. Religious groups and many Republicans have been complaining that it violates their religious beliefs.

We've discussed it at length for the past two nights on the show, now we want to turn the tables on viewers. Our lovely intern Petra Vujaskovic compiled a round-up of your thoughts on the controversial topic...

• "Birth control pills are often prescribed for reasons other than avoiding pregnancy. Sometimes women need this medication for very serious medical conditions. This is where the Catholic church has absolutely no business determining what kind of medical care a woman should have. The decision to use birth control pills is, like any other medical decision, between a woman and her healthcare provider. It is none of the Church's business why birth control pills might be prescribed by a doctor."
  — JT Harkness, Last Word Blog

• "I thought this was over long time ago. MEN should mind their Viagra, stay out of WOMEN'S health."
  — @23YearNavyVet, Twitter

• "The WH should not "handle" birth control......it's a private matter and the government has no business being involved."
  — Caddy Wompass, Facebook
  
  

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• "If people want birth control they can go somewhere besides a Catholic organization. There are other groups that opt out of things out of conscience. If a non-Catholic works for them they should know that working for them what their policies are." —Leonardo Lopez, Facebook

• "I would not repeal it simply because most people working in Catholic hospitals are not Catholic, therefore, should be able to have their birth control fall under their insurance. If a Catholic doesn't like it, don't take it."
  — Susan Davidson, Facebook

• "Don't you just love the way the Catholic church picks and chooses what issues that it's outraged about? They are up in arms about providing coverage for birth control, yet don't mind hiding and protecting pedophiles."
  — Soothe, Last Word Blog

• "I think old men need to get out of the birth control debate."
  — Vermicious Knid, Facebook
  
• "I'm so tired of hearing attacks on women's reproductive rights. When am I going to hear men's reproductive rights being attacked on a regular basis. I'm just sayin...we are in the 21 century and entering a time of asking for fairness (if not more awareness). It's time everything is on the table."
  — Cherie Seymore, Last Word Blog

• "Ridiculous....are there really that many people living in the Dark Ages?!"
  — Susan Buley Crawford, Facebook

• "The big picture is if the Church does not want to be forced to do anything that is against their beliefs, then why would they block something someone else believes in? I mean I get it, they don't want to offer BC, but what if they employ someone that wants it, is that not looking over, denying them their rights? You can't have it both ways!"
  — Sheila Favored Pearce, Facebook

• "Why doesn't someone poll women?"
  — Pat Tomasso, Facebook

Should religious schools and hospitals be exempt from the law that requires birth control to be included in employees' health care coverage? Take our Last Word poll now.