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According to the Obama administration, forcing insurance companies to provide free contraception to women won’t cost the companies a penny. How can that be? Because, officials explained, by providing contraception, insurers won’t have to pay for baby delivery and prenatal care. Brilliant!
Well, not so brilliant. That bogus argument assumes that women who don’t get free contraception through insurance won’t get it at all. How likely is that?
Mario Rizzo nails this point.
Pretty likely, actually. There are some PP programs to fall back on, but those serve only a small portion of the populace.
ReplyDeleteCondoms are pretty inexpensive. You can prevent pregnancy and diseases using something that costs the same amount or less than the price of a cup of coffee.
ReplyDeleteCondoms don't work very well (usually not the fault of the condom, but that doesn't matter...). There's a reason people take birth control pills, or other even more idiot-proof forms of contraception.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh! Do I long for the days when the Patriarchy didn't have to worry about women voters and we could just tell them what to do!
ReplyDeleteForcing women good!
Forcing health insurance ponzi schemers bad!
Very glib, but where's the force?
DeleteLeaving birth control to the mercy of the male-dominated State ... now that's patriarchy.
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