ok...once more for the unwashed. Oral contraceptives do much more than prevent pregnancy. They help regulate/control runaway periods, endometriosis, severe acne, severe PMS. These are all issues that I'm sure Catholic hospitals are dealing with using other and probably more expensive means. And no, it wasn't about contraception the first time many girls are put 'on the pill'. Trust me, at 10 years old sex was the last thing I was concerned (or interested) in - but that should tell you how long (I'm 52 now) oral contraceptives have been used for things other than preventing pregnancy.

So no, it's not about contraception - it's about women's reproductive health and the ability for women to control how it's taken care of- and yes, that DOES include when and how many children to have.


And yes, I noticed I didn't touch the subject of the 'morning after' pill - personally, I think it should be available OTC like condoms, 'cuz if you forget the one, you best have the other unless you just like playing the odds.


>>>I don't remember anyone saying anything about the Micks, unless you're meaning Catholics - and no one is arguing that they don't, just not oral contraceptives
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>Huh? If you try to focus on the issue of contraception (including the morning-after pill) then people scold that it's actually about women's health, with the obvious implication. Nope, it's about contraception.
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>>>Even though (according to all the numbers I've seen thrown about) 98% of sexually active Catholic women either use or have used some form of contraceptives.
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>I'd suggest you check out how those figures were created to see the intense politicization of this issue, but seems to me it's an own goal: does the church secretly dispense contraception to 98% of female parishioners or could it be that in real life 98% of these women managed to figure it out for themselves? ;-)