Of course, conservative lawyers before the court carefully avoid the words “dumb” or “slut” when arguing that we shouldn’t treating birth control exactly as we treat any other prescription medication. Unlike some women, I don’t have to endure the indignity of not getting my birth control because my boss thinks that women aren’t responsible enough to be trusted with the power to decide whether to have sex, or whether to get pregnant.On Wednesday, the Supreme Court — one more time! How To Stay Positive When The World Is Falling Apart. May 7, 2020. You won’t find mainstream media bias here. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism.
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Even setting that aside, Johnson’s words were offensive because their clear implication was that it’s totally fine to make contraception harder to get than other prescription services, and any woman who objects must be a dumbass.This notion that women should have to clear a bunch of unnecessary obstacles to prove themselves worthy of contraception was embedded in the arguments made by Solicitor General Noel Francisco, who spoke before the Supreme Court in favor of the Trump rule that allows employers to block contraception access for any reason they desire.When Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted that an estimated 75,000 to 125,000 women might see their contraception prescriptions denied by nosy, judgmental employers (that’s my paraphrase; she didn’t say that), Francisco responded that this was no a big deal because “access to contraception is widely available in this country for many other means” before Sotomayor interrupted him.Needless to say, these “other means” that Francisco was talking about are also being chipped away by the Trump administration, which has waged an all-out war on contraception access. Sex is a near-universal behavior — But the absurdity of this debate is only heightened by the pandemic. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. Still, the fear that convenient contraception frees women up to be promiscuous and lazy is always the argument undergirding whatever high-minded language about faith and morality gets rolled out on these occasions.We saw this when birth control was first included in the prevention coverage rules in 2012, when As reproductive rights journalists diligently proved, it was not in fact easy, or particularly affordable, to get birth control this way. Let our global subject matter experts broaden your perspective with timely insights and opinions you Apparently the belief is that women have a special obligation to prove themselves sufficiently “responsible” by running through some obstacle course in order to obtain the means to have sex without pregnancy.Meanwhile, there’s little doubt that the conservative men who taunt feminists about this feel no compunction about having sex without any bureaucratic red tape. When he realizes he's not alone in his fight, everything changes. Invest with us. ForbesWomen. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference.

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Indeed, they largely expect women to take care of that for them.Nor is the expectation of lifelong celibacy realistic — especially since those who impose it clearly don’t expect men to be celibate. can’t find anywhere else. Copyright © 2020 Raw Story Media, Inc. PO Box 21050, Washington, D.C. 20009 | 386 Reads 44 Votes 7 Part Story. My employer, Salon, doesn’t contest the federal law requiring that health insurance plans cover contraception.


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