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Friday, February 10. 2012

Contraception and Obama

Earlier, The News Junkie posted a great piece on the kerfuffle surrounding Obamacare and birth control.


I was 'lucky' enough, at roughly the same time, to see a friend post this on their Facebook page:





Interesting, I thought.  I had always been taught that abstinence was affordable.  Can anyone tell me when it stopped being affordable?

Posted by Bulldog in Politics at 13:29 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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And not only that, how unaffordable is contraception even if you're determined to reject abstinence? I've been sexually active since I was 16, but always managed to procure contraception, even when I was poor, and without ever having had insurance to pay for it. How is this even an insurance issue? Contraception is not exactly an unexpected expense. It's the usual confusion between insurance and subsidized healthcare.

No one who can't figure this out in his or her budget is ready for grownup sex.
#1 Texan99 (Link) on 2012-02-10 14:07 (Reply)
I thing these folks want lifestyle support not health care.
#2 joe buzz on 2012-02-10 14:29 (Reply)
Abstinence is even more affordable now that we have an internet delivering free porn.
#3 foxmarks (Link) on 2012-02-10 15:30 (Reply)
It's the symbolism. It is, as Texan99 points out, not an enormous expense. But it is another excuse to kick religious folks in general, and Roman Catholics in particular, under the guise of being pro-woman.

It's shamefully deceitful and manipulative.
#4 Assistant VIllage Idiot (Link) on 2012-02-10 15:36 (Reply)
One wonders if 0bama would have pulled this stunt had the institutions in question been run by an Islamic rather than Catholic organization?
#4.1 feeblemind on 2012-02-10 16:55 (Reply)
Now even women want sex to be free.
#5 blert on 2012-02-10 19:17 (Reply)
When did pregnancy become dangerous health issue?
#6 twisted knickers on 2012-02-10 20:28 (Reply)
http://www.examiner.com/civil-rights-in-wilmington/fox-news-advertisers-you-can-contact-about-freedomwatch-being-replaced-by-reruns

[sorry for o/t]
#7 buddy larsen on 2012-02-10 23:56 (Reply)
Affordable = someone else pays
#8 inthehills on 2012-02-11 01:39 (Reply)

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