The big debate: Emergency contraception
by Paul Schwalbach on Feb. 17, 2009, under Opinion‘I would like to see the pharmacists who chose not to fill a woman’s birth control pill prescription also not fill a man’s Viagra prescription.’ 4018
The story: A bill in the Legislature would allow the state’s pharmacists to cite a “moral objection” and refuse to fill emergency contraception prescriptions. The measure poses serious problems for rural and low-income women and could result in more abortions, the Citizen says in an editorial.
Your take: The Citizen’s online community – with the California “octo-mom” on its mind – argues that the state is not responsible for picking up the tab for parents who can’t afford their children.
Some representative comments:
• “I would prefer not paying for any of those nanny state institutions glorifying human foibles and stupidity.” – 3795
• “I’m tired of having my tax dollars go to pay for irresponsible people.” – arizona native
• “Abortion and abortion pills are not ‘reproductive health.’ They are killing the unborn, pure and simple.” – saladfork
• “Abortion restrictions are not designed to disenfranchise women. Rather, they are designed to enfranchise the unborn.” – Cactus Bob
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