desert dude
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I think contraception is a wildly popular issue with the American public. I don't know any stats, but I would guess contraception is supported by at least 70% of adults.
You are certainly correct about the "pocket book issue", but that should not stop BC pills from becoming OTC. When the dems stand up and lock arms and push the OTC issue then I will take their new found love of birth control pills, and women, seriously.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2012/02/23/11133/the-morality-of-contraception/
[h=3]America’s churches support contraception[/h]Of course Rep. Issa, the Catholic bishops, and anyone else who believes contraception is immoral have every right to speak and preach against it. But it is also true that millions of Americans of faith also have a religious liberty to support and use contraception. Indeed, virtually all major denominations in America support the morality of contraception as a personal and family decision—one that helps to ensure responsible parenthood and healthy families.
- The Episcopal Church as early as the 1930s approved contraception for purposes of family planning. The church calls on its programs and projects to “provide information to all men and women on a full range of affordable, acceptable, safe, and non-coercive contraceptive and reproductive health care services.”
- The United Methodist Church, the second largest Protestant denomination in the United States, says that “each couple has the right and the duty prayerfully and responsibly to control conception according to their circumstances.”
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the largest Lutheran body in the United States, supports the use of safe, effective birth control methods and believes that they encourage “responsible procreation.”
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon church, supports all methods of contraception except surgical sterilization. In fact, church-owned Brigham Young University’s student health center offers premarital health classes that present a range of birth control options, and affordable contraception is dispensed at the on-site pharmacy.
- Other Christian denominations that support contraception include the United Church of Christ, Unitarian Universalists, Mennonite Church USA, and Church of the Brethren.
- Presbyterian Church USA supports “full and equal access to contraceptive methods,” and in a recent resolution endorsed coverage for contraceptives as a “part of basic health care.” The church said that “unintended pregnancies lead to higher rates of infant mortality, low birth weight, and maternal morbidity, and threaten the economic viability of families.”
- American Baptist Churches USA calls on government to support “safe, reliable, and affordable” methods of contraception.
- The Mennonite Church USA believes access to contraception provides an alternative to abortion and calls on the church and government to promote teen pregnancy prevention programs, family planning, and contraceptive services, in order to reduce the need for abortion.
i just love employers with this attitude..one letter from my employment attorney(on contingency like personal injury) usually nets me $10k, in addition to severance as my contract stipulates
