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HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
Jesus Christ:
You are killing babies when you are having a good time.
This is all ridiculous. Seriously. Comic relief, anyone? Onan's death by sex was supposed to be a tension-breaker inbetween all the death in the Bible. People who died because they had sex was like the funniest thing ever back in the day.
What was it Bill Hicks said? "I have wiped civilizations off my chest with an old gym sock!"
Liz:
--- Quote from: pilsner on 17 Jul 2008, 10:28 ---P.S. *Misconception*, heh heh
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This joke has been made a number of times.
I no longer find it funny.
jhocking:
--- Quote from: pilsner on 17 Jul 2008, 10:28 ---Just look at the posts in this thread that completely miss the fucking point.
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huh? what point
benji:
I don't think anyone's missed the point at all. The point is that, if a hospital receives federal grants it can't fire someone for denying requested and necessary treatment to a woman. Limiting access to the pill is a big deal. Condoms won't cut it in all situations. A condom requires the active knowledge and proper participation of the man involved. The birth control pill has been the single most important development in the ability of women to control their own sex lives. It remains the best option for a woman to choose not to have a child without needing the permission or cooperation of anyone else beside their doctor. The pill represents, in many ways, the end of the idea that a woman's body is the property of the man she's with. It represents resistance to patriarchy.
pilsner:
Yes, that is the point. You said it much better than I could have. Am I imagining a distinction between what you just said and what is in the Huffington Post blog? If I am, I apologize.
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