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[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

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[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

It's hard to respect comics that seem to be drawn right from the Rush Limbaugh school of intentional errors.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

I figured it was more from the Beckian school of blatant faux victimization.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I think it has more to do with the way women's health needs get sorted out of programs, because they belong more under the rule of the Bible, or something like that.

[not-hothead-yet.livejournal.com]

exactly where and how does government pay for women's birth control?

[icelore.livejournal.com]

MTE. I must have missed when this became law.

Also, I seem to be missing my delivery of government supplied and paid for BC. Where do I sign up?

[madscience.livejournal.com]

I think the idea that the government pays for contraceptives is a distortion of the truth that the government has mandated that group health insurance policies provide contraceptives with no co-pay. Since health insurance is becoming mandatory, that effectively means we all pay for contraceptives, which is the same thing (in theory) as the government paying for them.

[spamwarrior.livejournal.com]

Who on earth said it was the government's responsibility to pay for birth control?

[phildegrave]

I love how Republicans are always striking a blow against the "culture of victimhood"... except of course when they think they can portray themselves as victims.

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

I could totally pwn that guy in an argument.

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

Or in a firefight.

[spamwarrior.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thanks for the nightmares.

[yes-justice.livejournal.com]

I really dont get the objection to birth control. Its fiscally conservative.

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Money isn't everything. :D

[fizzyland.livejournal.com]

Protip: It's about the womens doing things the menfolk didn't tell them to do, like be responsible for contraception.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

Hardly anyone is actually against birth control. Many of us are against the government paying for it, or forcing others to do so.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

PPP poll: 56% of voters generally support the birth control benefit, while 37% are opposed. (http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/02/our-polling-on-the-birth-control-issue.html)

Over all, 63 percent of Americans said they supported the new federal requirement that private health insurance plans cover the cost of birth control, according to the survey of 1,519 Americans, conducted from Feb. 13 to Feb. 19 for the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/us/politics/americans-divided-on-birth-control-coverage-poll-finds.html?_r=0)

[new-wave-witch.livejournal.com]

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[usekh.livejournal.com]

Who is saying the Government should pay for birth control?

[enders-shadow.livejournal.com]

I am.

But then again, I'm not an elected official and most of what I say goes unheeded in Washington.

[trog.livejournal.com]

As an anarchist, my thoughts are these:

The best possible uses of the taxes stolen from me are to provide birth control and abortions on demand. The second best use is to investigate, try, convict, and imprison/execute politicians and bureaucrats. You will never hear me utter a peep of protest when government engages in these endeavors despite the fact that I am ideologically opposed to the existence of government.

[hey-its-michael.livejournal.com]

I don't disagree that government should pay for those things. :)

[blueduck37.livejournal.com]

GOP logic: Gov't recognizing that birth control is legitimate medication and requiring insurance companies to cover it= GOVT PAYING FOR SLUT PILLS.

Sad really.

[morgulis.livejournal.com]

birth control is legitimate medication

Merriam-Webster:

med·i·ca·tion -- a medicinal substance : medicament

me·di·ca·ment -- a substance used in therapy

What kind of disease this therapy is for?