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> On Wed, 2 Jul 2014 18:16:38 +0100, "Ophelia"
> > wrote:
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> >
> >
> >"James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> On 7/2/2014 10:28 AM, Mark Storkamp wrote:
> >>> In article >,
> >>> "Steve Freides" > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> ImStillMags wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Legally the decision is a dangerous precedent and severe misreading
> >>>>> of the constitution. Medically it entirely misses the fact that
> >>>>> contraceptives serve many more medical purposes than just preventing
> >>>>> pregnancy. But theologically it is an even graver misstep. It allows
> >>>>> no room for grace, it is coercive (the opposite of the example of
> >>>>> Christ), and it is restrictive. None of those things reflect the vow
> >>>>> I took on at baptism to "respect the dignity of every human being."
> >>>>> Today's ruling disregards the dignity of the individual to chose
> >>>>> their own path in favor of the wealthy and secure, that is a loss for
> >>>>> us all.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.barefoottheology.com/2014...good-theology/
> >>>>
> >>>> Good for you - I agree with you 100%.
> >>>>
> >>>> -S-
> >>>
> >>> I think we can all agree that food is even more vital to our health than
> >>> is birth control. After all this is R.F.C. Why isn't it free with no
> >>> co-pay or deductible?
> >>>
> >>
> >> Some methods of male birth control have never been available under a
> >> health plan to my knowledge. However, female birth control does seem to
> >> require a physician's supervision at least and an implant can only safely
> >> placed by a physician and thus a health plan should cover these.
> >
> >Chemist shops here give free condoms on request.
>
> Wow, I don't know whether ours do, must ask the pharmacist next time I
> am there, that'll make him wonder!!
>
> I gather they have made advances with a male contraceptive pill but
> were I a young, fertile female again, I sure as hell would have no
> faith in a "I'm on the pill" anymore than one believed the story about
> vasectomies After all, who is going to have the most grief ?

If you don't know the person enough to trust what they tell you, you
don't know them well enough to need contraceptives...