Because
women's work is never done and is underpaid or unpaid or boring or repetitious
and we're the first to get fired and what we look like is more important than
what we do and if we get raped it's our fault and if we get beaten we must have
provoked it and if we raise our voices we're nagging bitches and if we enjoy
sex we're nymphos and if we don't we're frigid and if we love women it's
because we can't get a "real" man and if we ask our doctor too many
questions we're neurotic and/or pushy and if we expect childcare we're selfish
and if we stand up for our rights we're aggressive and "unfeminine"
and if we don't we're typical weak females and if we want to get married we're
out to trap a man and if we don't we're unnatural and because we still can't get
an adequate safe contraceptive but men can walk on the moon and if we can't
cope or don't want a pregnancy we're made to feel guilty about abortion
and...For lots of other reasons we are part of the women's liberation movement. ~Author unknown, quoted in The Torch,
14 September 1987
After reading passage
this I knew I would this blog would be very long….Should healthcare include
contraception?
One must ask themself, "Is the pill beneficial to women’s health?" These are some of the positive side
effects I read about 'the pill'. It
“reduces excruciating menstrual cramps, offers some protection against pelvic
inflammatory disease, which often leads to infertility when left untreated,
acne reduction, decreases osteoporosis, decreases ectopic pregnancy , decreases
cysts in the breasts and ovaries, reduction of anemia, decreases premenstrual
symptoms, reduces headaches and depression.”
To me these all seem like health issues.
It is unfortunate that we will not cover contraception cost, but medical
expenses will cover alcoholic drinkers and “weekend” smokers.
Granted sipping on any chemical/ hormonal cocktail will come with
positive and of course negative side effects.
Even over the counter aspirin comes with a warning and advices one to
seek medical assistance, if anything listed on the warning label arises. So why is this important? A bill is being presented that if an employer
does not like contraception they do not have to be involved or have the
employee coverage. “What makes the
employer decide at they want to veto other health issues?” The employer does pay for partial insurance,
but to have a say in what an insurance company will or will not pay for seems a
bit bias.
What happen to the HIPPA Laws?
Should not contraception be a private discussion between a patient and
her Doctor not a boss and employee? It
is an invasion of privacy and rather discriminatory if an employer can choose
what they deem moral to be covered under insurance.
To tell a woman
everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do.
~Spanish Proverb
Any
time you hear contraception you hear someone say it is against the Catholic
Churches belief system. The Catholic
Church should be the last to judge after their scandalous issues and male based
canonized texts.
There are so many mistakes in the bible written by man. Any time I crack open the
bible the phrase “too many hands in the kitchen” comes to mind. The Catholic Church sees contraception as a
sin, because of the phrase go forth and multiply. Who is supposed to take care of the
multitudes of children that cannot be cared for due to the parents having nine
or ten children? Oh, I know our
government. No, wait no it is the
taxpayers. Now, I can see a great separation
here with church and state. I do agree they should not be forced to pay for something against their beliefs, but it's time to stop hiding behind 'church separate from state'. Obviously, abstinence is not working to your followers. So do something about it. Take some responsibility.
Another
religious affiliation I found that shocked me on their contraception views was
Satanism. A
well-known Satanist, Marilyn Manson was asked the following:
"...what are
your thoughts on abortion?", to which he replied: "I think the
problem that always arises with issues like abortion, between Pro-Choice and
Pro-Life, nobody really wants to deal with the problem, and that's birth
control. I think if more people
concentrated on dealing with that - making birth control more of an issue -
then you wouldn't have to deal with the idea of abortion.”
This intrigued me so
I read a couple more articles on their ideas of contraception. One blog stated, "Responsibility
to the responsible. What refreshing insight! A Satanist should likely not come across this
problem of unwanted pregnancy due to use of contraception.” They see abortion as careless and stupid. The first
cardinal sin in Satanism is stupidity and they would not put themselves in irresponsible
actions. I found the other beliefs a bit odd, but they
are responsible for themself--what a concept!
Ah...
that reminds me. -- Yes, the vain, "mean-spirited, bigoted conservative" Ms. Ann
Coulter. She constantly spews
sarcastic remarks, before filtering her thoughts through her highly
educated mind. Ann tries to one up Rush Limbaugh and verbally attacks Sandra Fluke (a law student who took a stance, in front of an all-male court, for free contraception) .
Coulter slanders Fluke stating, “Not only is Fluke a slut, but she’s a “hysterical drama
queen,” too. Just like the rest of the
liberals in the country.” Then there is her comment “Fluke belongs
to a college club on ‘reproductive justice.’”
Finally, she shows her immaturity by name-calling the woman, “Fl-uck” and
childishly teasing Fluke about appearance, “as if her haircut isn’t birth control enough.”
I refuse to step down to your level Ms. Coulter. I have only two things to say. One--Indoctrination... Two, I
am sorry Ms. Coulter, but I do consider contraception preventative healthcare
not some random pill to be promiscuous. I
do not agree with all of Sandra Flukes views, but many Americans would agree with me, we do not want to pay for additional
children on welfare. Our system is
broken let us not encourage more welfare candidates. Ann Coulter, please do this world a
favor…think before you speak.
The more I read the more foolishness I find. There was an entire
panel of all males trying to fix a contraception issue about women! As I Googled the panel of male judges, up
pops the comical and offensive group The Partisans.
They did a couple of videos that were entertaining and a bit crass
about an all-male panel. Even Jon
Stewart finds an all-male panel to fix women’s issues a
joke!
The more I read the more idiocy I find. Reason number five hundred, why I think Rick
Santorum should not be President, because of the company he keeps-- Foster
Stephen Friess. Friess is brainwashed
and ignorant by suggesting, “Women should keep an aspirin between their knees in order to
ensure their legs stay closed to prevent having sex.” One question for you Mr. Friess, back in the
day how many of those women had back alley abortions? Were you not the one who is distant with your
own children and spouse almost leading to a divorce? You may be a born again Christian, but how
much of your "good Christian" causes are written off as charity?
Women who seek to be
equal with men lack ambition. ~Timothy
Leary
The biggest issues in the world are semantics of definitions. What is the definition of life? How about the definitions of Capital
Punishment, Ethics, or the ideas of Nudity/Pornography/Art? Brilliant Scientists cannot agree when life
exactly begins. This issue of when does life
begin will always be an issue until the end of time. I do agree that birth control is more for
assurance, not insurance; however, what happens when these women fail to get
contraception? Well…insurance goes up even
more to pay for the neglected ambulance bills, the welfare of that pregnant mother and then we pay for the child until it is grown . So who does this healthcare benefit? Not the poor they have welfare, and not the
rich they have the means to buy private insurance, but it affects the middle
class.
The Health Care Industry needs a flushing. As a society, we should have more options, just as we can choose
our car insurance. The more you want
covered the more you pay, but if you just want liability pay for only liability. Before the Obama care, my insurance through
Blue Cross Blue Shield was affordable. Currently,
my company had to change offering only one insurance company with various
amounts of terrible coverage and extremely high cost with a high deductible. Not everyone is privilege enough to have
Kaiser Health Insurance, which Obama regards as “good” insurance. The 'Obama' health care plan is not
beneficial to my family at all, with the ridiculous rates going through the roof!
I am Pro-choice, and I believe in educating women. Oh and contraceptives I do not have to use...my husband has a vasectomy. We highly recommend it! So the moral of this story... Should healthcare include contraception? HELL YES! Prevention today! Or would you rather pay for children that are not your own.
Remember, Ginger
Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey