Dumbass...she isn't talking about condoms...she is referring to the pill...sheesh...
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:sammyc...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 10:00 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Limbaugh is voice of GOP majority? On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > between this and the state ultrasound initiatives, I am starting to > wonder if the GOP platform isn't best summarized as "Girls having sex! > ZOMG!" I realize that this sounds to most of us like it could be a lot > of fun, so let's emphasize: to them this is a *problem*. Is that the one where planned parenthood, who performs internal ultrasound before every abortion, testified that being required to perform an internal ultrasound before an abortion is equivalent to rape? > In this particular instance the sexual angle is sheer sensationalism > and unnecessary in any discussion of whether contraceptive insurance > coverage is good public policy. The staying out of bedrooms argument > is superficially persuasive, but fallacious in context. Where the > government actually enters the bedroom is when it singles out a drug > and says oh but this involves sex so we won't cover it. The burden is > then on the patient and provider to demonstrate that the use is for > one of the other legitimate medical uses in women's health, and that's > where the invasion of privacy comes in. Would you *really* want a > committee reviewing records about your sexual organs? See this is so fuuuuukin stupid. The argument is why a university needs to provide $1000 a year for contraception. It has nothing to do with the real argument of health issues and birth control pills. After all doesn't PP already dish out free taypayer funded condoms? > Nor is the "it's sexual behavior" argument legitimate, as insurance > companies have uncomplainingly been covering Viagra. Their issue is > not that a behavior is sexual. The *real* problem is that some insured > institutions fundamentally believe that the place of women is to be > barefoot and pregnant, and object to contributing to anything that > works against that state of affairs. Does the government mandate that insurance companies cover Viagra? No. Then why are we even discussing this? . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
