Breastfeeding KILLS!!!

[Karenina]

:rofl::rofl::rofl:
http://www.slate.com/id/2196784/

[rucky]

1. it's a modest proposal.

:rofl:

[Iris]

2. Hilarious. And sad that our President's "logic" can be sliced apart so efficiently.

[liberal N proud]

3. OMG

I can't believe that some moron actually believes that shit and had the stupidity to publish it.


The scary part is that other morons will believe it based on a nearly 20 year old "research paper" RESEARCH PAPER :rofl:

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[rucky]

4. it's satire.

isn't it?

please tell me it's satire.

[liberal N proud]

5. It is on Slate

I wouldn't think Slate would be doing satire and in todays America one can never know.

[rucky]

6. I'm 99% sure this is satire.

From his Wiki, he's a "pro-choice Republican".

[Karenina]

7. Only 99%?

Another casualty of *co. Satire is DEAD! :rofl:

[iverglas]

8. amazing, ain't it?

The reality that the writer was addressing:

As you know, the risk that oral contraception will prevent implantation of an embryo is purely theoretical. There is no documented case of such a tragedy, since we have no way to verify conception inside a woman's body prior to implantation without causing the embryo's death. Even theoretically, the risk is vanishingly small, since the primary effect of oral contraception is to prevent ovulation, and the secondary effect is to prevent fertilization. To classify oral contraception as abortifacient, one would have to posit a scenario in which the drug fails to block ovulation, then fails to block fertilization, and yet somehow, having proved impotent at every other task, manages to prevent implantation.

-- and the fact that despite these FACTS, there is a war being waged against women who need contraception / emergency contraception on the ground that it kills little tiny human beings.

The rest of it was just wickedly, brilliantly funny.

Put me in mind of ...



and the wits and wags commenting here:

http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/04/17/daylight-savings-time-evil-plot-by-liberal-congress-to-cause-global-warming/

[iverglas]

9. they got it here

http://womenshealthnews.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/william-saletan-on-hhs-proposal/

The letter is clearly intended to point out the ridiculousness of the proposed rule. Saletan concludes: “As research uncovers additional causes of miscarriage or preimplantation embryo loss, I look forward to further legislation against caffeine consumption, exercise, and other abortifacient activities among premenopausal women.”

Well, William, to be consistent with the HHS proposal, you wouldn’t need to make the things themselves illegal - you’d only have to legislate that nobody has to let women do anything. ever. that could hypothetically harm a fertilized egg. Women of childbearing age don’t need to buy cars, go to work, eat food, or leave the house, do they? Because it would be discrimination against people who sell cars, offer jobs, sell food, etc. to make them let women do those things.

And that's just exactly the point.

Even just sticking with pharmaceuticals -- how could my pharmacist ever be forced to fill my hypertension prescription (hypertension being a possible threat to my life, of course), knowing that I might become pregnant at some time while taking it ...

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/ramipril.htm

When used in pregnancy during the second and third trimesters, ACE inhibitors can cause injury and even death to the developing fetus. When pregnancy is detected, ALTACE® should be discontinued as soon as possible. See WARNINGS: Fetal/neonatal morbidity and mortality.