"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 1 Jul 2014 23:21:12 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>> "sf" > wrote in message
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>> > On Tue, 01 Jul 2014 18:22:58 -0500, "Pete C." >
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> sf wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, 01 Jul 2014 17:01:39 -0500, "Pete C." >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > James Silverton wrote:
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>> >> > > > >
>> >> > > > I wonder what fundamentalists do when they are young. Statistics
>> >> > > > seem to
>> >> > > > show that Catholics use birth control at about the same rate as
>> >> > > > the
>> >> > > > general population. Are bishops deaf, dumb and stupid as well as
>> >> > > > venal?
>> >> > >
>> >> > > That's a good question, and a bit more searching seems to indicate
>> >> > > that
>> >> > > HL does indeed cover some contraceptives, and their issue is
>> >> > > specifically with Plan B and similar.
>> >> >
>> >> > It's the morning after pill and similar types of birth control that
>> >> > they won't fund. Unfortunately, as far as the morning after pill -
>> >> > that means rape victims will be raped twice: once by the rapist and
>> >> > again by her employer.
>> >>
>> >> Not funding does not equate prohibiting an employee from obtaining.
>> >> People without insurance can and do buy Plan B and similar emergency
>> >> contraceptives.
>> >
>> > The newest proposal is to make mainstream birth control an OTC
>> > medication and I can't argue with that POV.
>>
>> I can! That's not something everyone should take. I personally would
>> never
>> take the pill. Messing with hormones like that is not good, IMO. Still,
>> some people do need them. Not necessarily for birth control but other
>> reasons.
>
> Should they remove aspirin from the shelves just because some people
> get a bad reaction when they take it?

That's not the same thing at all. AFAIK, aspirin is not a hormone. Anyone
can have a bad reaction to anything. But there is a reason why birth
control pills are a prescription item. You need to be on the right kind and
the right dose for you. I know several women who got pregnant while on
them. They were not prescribed to them to prevent pregnancy to but help
with heavy and/or non-existent periods. These women just assumed they would
keep them from getting pregnant because they *were* birth control pills.
But the dose wasn't strong enough for that. Just imagine how many girls and
young women would just go buy something willy nilly if they were OTC? And
then get pregnant because the dose wasn't right.