Inflammatory Politics

[botias]

To Whom It May Concern:
I am vehemently opposed to "provider conscience regulation."

A conscientious objector to killing in battle (believing it to be murder) stays home or performs non-combat duties. He or she does not purport to be a soldier and than refuse to fire when other soldiers lives are on the line.

A OB/GYN who will not perform abortions, a pharmacist who will not dispense birth control, should 'stay home' if the full performance of their duties is morally objectionable to them. When their lives are at risk, is not the time for a woman to discover that their doctor or pharmacist is not 'full service'. For many women, travel to another provider in another town may be financially out of their reach.

Access to contraception and safe abortion are among the medical services that women NEED to live full, healthy lives, and sometimes to live at all. Why is it so difficult for people to understand that poor, rural women often have very limited choices, sometimes no choice at all, in what medical providers they can access, in whether or not to have sex, in whether or not to bear children. Please don't make the lives of the poorest among us even worse.

ETA: For anyone inclined to act this post has more information.

Comments

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

this current administration is both vicious and contemptible. Good RIddance!

[botias.livejournal.com]

One of the administration's first acts was to cut funding providing health services to women in developing countries because the programs that received the funds in some cases also provided information about and access to abortion.

It truly boggles my mind that a bunch of extremely wealthy men would presume to pass judgment on such desperately poor women.

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

It truly boggles my mind that a bunch of extremely wealthy men would presume to pass judgment on such desperately poor women.

Oh Pleezze! That is when they are doing their "jobs" and feeling most superior.

[botias.livejournal.com]

*criez*

I suppose American women these days don't give them quite the same satisfaction what with how uppity they've gotten.

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

Until we are 60% of the Legislative and Judicial branches of govt (reflecting US population) we don't really worry them at all.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Well, that alone ought to be enough. Women have the political power now to elect people, Y chromosome or not, that are attentive to their needs. Thing is, plenty of women think abortion is always murder and that they belong in the kitchen.

[empresspatti.livejournal.com]

I'm right back to the main point - women should be running - not just electing. Also - there are other issues besides abortion (which I think is important, not denying that) like pay equity, immigration etc. Women tend to only worry about one or two things and not take political lead as often as the adverage yutsy guy...

I will be very glad to see the last of the current administration - but I also think they have done enough damage that it will take several years before things get corrected - If the right person is elected...

[kyence.livejournal.com]

Working in the health care field, this "opt-out" legislation infuriates me. It's like you said: If you can't take the heat, don't go into the kitchen. The last thing a woman in that situation needs is a doctor with an ulterior motive. What galls me is that they think this will stop abortions. No, they will just get moved to back-alleys and desperate women will have to take major risks.

I never see hardcore pro-lifers adopting unwanted or abused American children by the busload; if they do, it's usually foreign children. So they should STFU.

I'm so tired of politicians and activists who are so dim when it comes to basic biology that they think birth control is murder when the egg at that point contributes less than an epithelial cell, and yet they make policy. I am not an engineer and you don't see me building a car because of some moral compulsion.

Pathetic people so devoid of control in their own lives they have to project unrealistic delusions of control unto others.

Evil Comment: Maybe if there were more abortions, half these idiots that make up this foul administration would have been nothing more than a toilet flush.

[botias.livejournal.com]

Women will always get abortions however they have to. It's a thing. And no, I don't seem them adopting drug exposed babies or babies of color by the droves.

I would hope they will be grindingly poor and female and perhaps live in a war zone in their next lives, if it didn't mean wishing there were still people living in such circumstances.

[dictatorcari]

Agreed. Coincidentally, I donated to Planned Parenthood this morning. Great minds think alike?

[botias.livejournal.com]

\o/ Planned Parenthood is teh awesome.

[mere-ubu.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the links, ma'am. Action has been taken!

[botias.livejournal.com]

:D I'm very glad.