Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 27, 2017 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 105 |
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 27, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 7,844 |
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freedomchick
How come the fight for "reproductive rights" never seems to include government-subsidized vasectomies for men? If you look into the requirements for insurance under the ACA/Obamacare, you see that contraception for women is covered but not male contraception.
I'm having trouble figuring out what "rights" women think are in danger from this administration, other than abortion restriction. I haven't heard anyone say that their rights to work, join the military, run for office, vote, buy what they want, marry (or not marry) who they want, are in any danger. In financing their own birth control, they would simply be in the same position as men are-- and no panic there, apparently, even though men routinely get the shaft when they breed. After all, if they knock a woman up, they have no choice at all. My body, my choice is never followed to its logical conclusion, which means "your body, your choice, you chose to have a baby, YOU PAY FOR IT." If biology/anatomy is destiny for a man, why shouldn't it be for a woman as well?
It seems to me that these women are more upset about losing some perceived privilege of being female rather than any lack of equality.
I am child free and I tend to favor restrictions on abortion, though I have reservations and that's why I can't say I'm all in for either abortion on demand or making it harder to get one. My objections are evolutionary-based; is it really good for us to abort 1 in 5 of potential offspring based on our own convenience or criteria that may be fleeting? If we saw other primates doing this, wouldn't we think it was a problem, investigate and try to stop it?
However, knowing that I don't want to ever be in the position of having to choose, I have always been responsible and used multiple forms of birth control and my partner has had a vasectomy. But for health reasons, I would have had a tubal. But it is possible to be female, on the fence about the morality and implications of abortion, and childfree at the same time.
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 27, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,308 |
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freedomchick
I'm having trouble figuring out what "rights" women think are in danger from this administration, other than abortion restriction. I haven't heard anyone say that their rights to work, join the military, run for office, vote, buy what they want, marry (or not marry) who they want, are in any danger. In financing their own birth control, they would simply be in the same position as men are-- and no panic there, apparently, even though men routinely get the shaft when they breed. After all, if they knock a woman up, they have no choice at all. My body, my choice is never followed to its logical conclusion, which means "your body, your choice, you chose to have a baby, YOU PAY FOR IT." If biology/anatomy is destiny for a man, why shouldn't it be for a woman as well?
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 27, 2017 | Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 299 |
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 28, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 12,440 |
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freedomchick
How come the fight for "reproductive rights" never seems to include government-subsidized vasectomies for men? If you look into the requirements for insurance under the ACA/Obamacare, you see that contraception for women is covered but not male contraception.
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freedomchick
I am child free and I tend to favor restrictions on abortion, though I have reservations and that's why I can't say I'm all in for either abortion on demand or making it harder to get one. My objections are evolutionary-based; is it really good for us to abort 1 in 5 of potential offspring based on our own convenience or criteria that may be fleeting? If we saw other primates doing this, wouldn't we think it was a problem, investigate and try to stop it?
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freedomchick
However, knowing that I don't want to ever be in the position of having to choose, I have always been responsible and used multiple forms of birth control and my partner has had a vasectomy. But for health reasons, I would have had a tubal. But it is possible to be female, on the fence about the morality and implications of abortion, and childfree at the same time.
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 28, 2017 | Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 1,104 |
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 28, 2017 | Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 2,308 |
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cfinboston
Generally when someone supports "some restrictions" or "reasonable restrictions" it means "I want abortion to be safe, legal, and accessable in case I ever need one, but I reserve the right to moralize and pass judgement on others". It's the old "the only moral abortion is My abortion".
Re: An honest-to-god question from The Women's March on Washington FAQ January 30, 2017 | Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 282 |
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