Men Know Best -Yeah Right

Okay, I get it, there are many people who are against abortions and it can stir up some very hot debates. I have been in some that don’t take long to denigrate into disrespectful name calling. Now, personally I am against abortion for simple birth control. I do not believe that a young lady or woman should have to carry the fetus of their rapist or from an act of incest. I also don’t believe that the decision, in the case of medical emergency, should be up to some government official. It should be between the doctor and the family.  That is my position on the whole abortion issue.  However, now they have moved the argument to birth control.

I don’t know whether it is just wag-the-dog, to get people at each others  throats so they forget about the wars and the economy, or that it is as some say, men feeling they are losing power so they feel the need to control. Of course, the argument for the latter was further illustrated when Congress met with a panel of “expert witnesses” on birth control that consisted of all men, and most of them religious leaders. So much for separation of church and state.  There was not a single woman on the panel.  So basically it came down to these men making decisions for women.

Okay, now part of the reason for this hoopla as because President Obama basically reiterated a law all ready in place that said that employers had to provide birth control. The law was all ready there, but hey, any reason to attack Obama.  Basically, the Church got upset that, as an employer, they were being forced to go against their own beliefs. So Obama made a conciliatory move to exclude the Church. Though, from what I read, it was all ready there.  Okay, I get it, a lot of people have argued the point of separation of Church and State and the government should not be dictating to the Church what they should cover.  Even though the Church was accepting State money, they felt that separation of Church and State still was valid.  That point, I half-disagree only because it is okay for them to take the money but just don’t tell them what it can be used for. Hmmm.  All right, we will let that one go, but let’s take a look at the idea of exclusions.

Geoffrey Feldman made a great observation on Facebook in response to this issue. “Actually, with the Blunt amendment, they don’t have to do anything at all as long as they feel “a moral objection”. For example, they can say you have lived a bad life, that’s why you are fat, or have lung problems, or heart issues and therefore they are not going to support your immoral life style. Persons taking employment would have to read pages of fine print to assure their “morals” and those of their employers would be the same. The thing is asinine even beyond any question of relatively simple reproductive choice issues. The Blunt amendment is an obscenity.”

I would hope that the exclusions wouldn’t get as bad as Geoffrey stated, but you do open the door. You allow the employer then to control who gets medical. If you are obese, then they could exclude you. If you smoke, they could exclude you. Probably easier with the smoking as they could set policy for the company that smoking is not allowed. If you do, then they don’t have to cover you for cancer or heart disease, or any other smoking induced affliction. Just could become a real Pandora’s Box.  Of course, the whole root issue is birth control.

I think Bill Maher summed it up best when he said something to the affect that the whole go forth and multiply idea was good back when there were 5000 nomads in the desert. However, when the world population is at 7 billion and soon to be 9 billion, we need to rethink that idea.  I think that it is irresponsible not to look at birth control in this day and age. We are quickly getting to the point where we are outstripping our ability to provide for the people we have. That is why I do believe in utilizing methods to keep the population growth in check. By making birth control affordable and accessible, we can keep from having unwanted children. Which brings me to the last point I want to bring up, what happens without birth control?

We don’t want abortions, and I agree that using abortions for a method of birth control should not be, but the Supreme Court says otherwise.  Let’s get beyond that point and ask the question, what happens if women are forced to have children they may not want or are ill-prepared to take care of? There was a point that someone brought up that the Republicans care about the child right up until it is born.  With all the moves to cut social programs, who is going to take care of that child? We don’t want abortions, we don’t want birth control, but we don’t want to pay for the babies.  Of course, Rick Santorum’s benefactor said that women should just put an aspirin between their knees.  I don’t see how that works when the aspirin keeps falling out? Yeah, I get the point. They say that women should just not have sex. Okay, so all these guys who are telling woman that they can’t have an abortion, they can’t have birth control, and they should just have abstinence, have they forgotten who they have sex with? I wonder what happens to the company that makes Cialis when these guys change us from a plutocracy to a theocracy.  Oh, and if all the women have to practice abstinence, who are these guys going to have sex with? Each other?

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Edward Croft – Though, I was born a little late for the full blown hippie movement, I always was drawn to it. Not for the drugs and sex, but for the philosophy. I truly believe that we can come together as one people, one heart, and find solutions for this world. I find that my knowledge of Native American ways ties right in with that, as they were deeply spiritual and honored the land.  I have always called myself a hippie at heart. I believe in peace, love and harmony. Oh and great music.
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