re: #176 Ming

I don’t mind having some mixed feelings about abortion, but what really shocks me is how many on the religious right, who say they care about the life of the unborn, are opposed to birth control. You don’t have to be a scientist to know that birth control should be welcomed by anyone who sincerely feels that abortion is a tragedy. Obviously, birth control is one very effective way to avoid abortions! No pregnancy, no abortion! My point is that there is great hypocrisy when someone claims to sincerely feel that abortion is murder, and that person is ALSO opposed to contraception.

That’s because opposition to birth control isn’t about abortion. It’s about the fact that birth control removes the possibility of pregnancy from sex. This means it removes the only purpose of sex as far as the wingnuts go. It’s not about fun or expressing your love for your partner. It’s only about procreation.

Give a woman the means to prevent pregnancy, and control over her own body, and the whole social order goes to hell, as far as these wingnuts are concerned. We can’t allow women any freedom. They should be under the rule of their fathers and then their husbands. Period.