So,
Zandar touched on a couple of things this morning and he was right that they are dear to my heart. I'll just have a short say here, he already did an excellent job of covering it.
It's about damned time. Women's roles have changed in the world, as have our rights to own our bodies and to make choices about our health care. One thing we obviously contend with that men do not is the responsibility of carrying a child and face much more pressure raise those kids after the dad says sorry and runs off. Birth control is important as more women choose to take care of themselves instead of moving directly from parents to husband. That sounds simple, but really think about how recently that change has come about, and how explosive the numbers have been. Three generations ago, most women went from Dad to husband without a single moment in life to discover herself as a person. Women were often cherished but rarely respected, and that is starting to change. There is no logical reason why a woman cannot decide to avoid becoming pregnant. In a time of global crowding, limited resources and women having to work to support themselves, it makes total sense to put off having kids until a woman has reached a point of emotional and physical maturity and make a decision to put their everything into it.
But it isn't having kids that is the real problem, am I right? Nope, it's having
sex. Good old-fashioned bumping uglies, a little afternoon delight and some happy slappy later. That is the problem for folks who think they should be able to tell others how to spend their lives. Somewhere, a prude with power is losing sleep at the notion that two consenting adults might be having fun. That just bugs the hell out of some people. The fact that kids result from this only creates tiny little victims in a power play between the pious in charge and the women who bear the price for their lofty opinions. These idiots tsk at unwed mothers while denying them the solution. Instead of celebrating a way to let people live how they choose and do an overpopulated world a favor, we have the righteous with no respect trying to force reproduction on those too poor or too intimidated to take advantage of a modern solution.
This is a major advancement in making birth control available to those who need it the most. If Planned Parenthood could catch a break now, we could right a whole host of wrongs and make birth control even more available. The strategy of making it difficult to obtain as an obstacle for the poor or using emotional bullying to enforce moral superiority just dropped a notch. Morals don't belong in medical care. Women should be able to use insurance for all medical needs, and pharmacies should fill the orders of physicians without personal judgment. We have the right to make medical decisions for ourselves free of interference from others. Anything less is discrimination, which has rightfully been recognized.