"Are Women People?"

Opening this thread was like stepping on a mental dog turd.

This thread could have become a little grittier. Someone mentioned blood clots. Be happy I didn't share. :) Long story short...Don't smoke while on birth control. Better yet, don't smoke.

Yes, but she is trying to be the poster child, the innocent helpless face of the "emotional and financial burdens" of not being able to afford her luxuries AND birth control. And PP SHOULD be gotten rid of and replaced with a less politically motivated women's health system. They get public funding to perform abortions, even though roughly half of the country abhors abortion. And don't quote their accounting statistics, because they are false.I don't want to pay for someone else's irresponsibility or extracurricular activities. Is that so wrong?

Planned Parenthood isn't politically motivated? WTF? Really?

Sounds like you are the one who needs to do some research. Geeez.

I guess PITA, Unions, Moveon.org, or the NRA aren't politically motivated either.

Planned Parenthood isn't politically motivated? WTF? Really?

Sounds like you are the one who needs to do some research. Geeez.

I guess PITA, Unions, Moveon.org, or the NRA aren't politically motivated either.

Planned Parenthood isn't politically motivated? WTF? Really?

Sounds like you are the one who needs to do some research. Geeez.

I guess PETA, Unions, Moveon.org, or the NRA aren't politically motivated either.

This thread could have become a little grittier. Someone mentioned blood clots. Be happy I didn't share. :) Long story short...Don't smoke while on birth control. Better yet, don't smoke.

On Topic, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/glenn-w-smith/where-the-boys-arent_b_1338074.html

And if your chivalry is dead and you are a man thinking only of yourself, there is a lot of data to get you to stand up anyway with the good guys. Planned Parenthood screened more than 4 million patients in 2010 for STD, STI, HIV and HPV. Here's another one of those disturbing almost 100 percent statistics, too: Women testing positive for those conditions contracted their problem from a man. So, fellas, how hard is it to understand that when Republicans try to defund Planned Parenthood, it's your health they are jeopardizing, too?

You finished too soon. The Right is climbing in your bedroom window. This is not just a question of women's health care; it's about the health of every American drawing a breath. It's past time to speak up. Write letters to elected officials. Make your voices heard on social networks. Don't just attend women's health care rallies. Organize them. Give to Planned Parenthood. Vote the barbarians out of office.

Because of physiological differences (have we mentioned how happy those make us?), men and women need different kinds of health services. And those of us who are of the male gender ought to be embarrassed that women's health care is a political issue. That singular fact in this election year points to a moral and medical failure. The line might be a bit hackneyed but it's probably true that if men got pregnant, reproductive health and the sanctity of individual choice wouldn't be issues.

1) it fails to highlight that women take birth control for other reasons besides contraception.

Most of the men I know are not ignorant of this fact.

Who exactly made you the authority on women? Just wondering...

God and the Pope :p lol jk

Seriously, though, i meant no offense in that reply. I'm a firm supporter of women's rights and healthcare reform for women. I used to work for AIDS project Los Angeles, I still volunteer there. And let me tell you men ask some of the stupidest questions regarding the pill.

I kid you not I had a couple come in and think the pill prevented STIs. So i think its important we educate the male community in particular of the effects of bc.

Do you work in the medical field?