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Sep. 24th, 2004 01:19 pmPill Propelled Into Abortion Debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3652462.stm
"The birth control pill revolutionised women's health - and grew to become one of the most popular forms of family planning. But it is now under attack from pro-life groups in the US. A growing number of doctors and pharmacists are now refusing to dispense it, on the grounds that it is actually a form of abortion" (as it can occasionally allow an egg to be fertilised but not implanted).
Now, i'm still very much undecided on the question of abortion itself, as a very complex issue, but this latest angle does seem to support the idea that at least part of the Moral Majority's attachment to 'pro-life' issues may be, at some level, rooted in not wanting to see 'sinners' escape the consequences of promiscuity. At a more rational level, targetting contracepton could be seen as a way to discourage sexual promiscuity by increasing the risks.
Thinking about it that way, the fundamentalists' campaigns against safe sex education etc start to take on a much more disturbing character.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3652462.stm
"The birth control pill revolutionised women's health - and grew to become one of the most popular forms of family planning. But it is now under attack from pro-life groups in the US. A growing number of doctors and pharmacists are now refusing to dispense it, on the grounds that it is actually a form of abortion" (as it can occasionally allow an egg to be fertilised but not implanted).
Now, i'm still very much undecided on the question of abortion itself, as a very complex issue, but this latest angle does seem to support the idea that at least part of the Moral Majority's attachment to 'pro-life' issues may be, at some level, rooted in not wanting to see 'sinners' escape the consequences of promiscuity. At a more rational level, targetting contracepton could be seen as a way to discourage sexual promiscuity by increasing the risks.
Thinking about it that way, the fundamentalists' campaigns against safe sex education etc start to take on a much more disturbing character.
