Bill could make free birth control available

[47of74]

A bill moving through the Iowa legislature could make free birth control available to thousands of low income men and women here in Iowa.

The proposed bill would allow low-income women to get pills, IUDs and other forms of birth control for free. Men in similar financial situations could get a free vasectomy.

Not surprisingly, the RTL crowd has their undergarments in a bind over this. And of course they had to spout off their abstinence only lines again.

[Sal Minella]

1. When I was a volunteer at Planned Parenthood years ago,

it broke my heart to hear again and again "I just couldn't afford my birth control pills last month. I hope I'm not pregnant."

Being able to control family size is a big part of working up out of poverty -- I wish I could just wave a magic wand and make this bill into law today.

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Opponents also argue giving away contraception encourages people to have sex and then leads to abortions.
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Whereas, if we can just keep those pesky contraceptives out of their hands, they will never think about sex at all? :crazy:

[progressoid]

2. '...opponents think the state should spend more money on abstinence education instead."

:wtf: Are they going to give classes to the entire state? Maybe hold seminars at county fairs? This ain't just for teenage girls you morons. Grrr...:banghead:

[47of74]

4. These clowns ought to ask Bristol Palin how well abstinence education worked.

[rurallib]

3. Can't imagine that would pass, but one can hope

If men could get pregnant, birth control pills would be given at communion and abortion would be a sacrament.