re: #323 publicityStunted

No problem :) Too bad you weren’t around yesterday for the thread where there was a brief discussion about Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale - someone else (I think CuriousLurker) said that, whenever she sees Palin she thinks of that book. I do too, especially when issues of reproductive freedom (or the lack thereof) come up. I mean, I *still* can’t fathom how access to frigging birth control is such an issue in the States, with some pharmacies refusing to sell it!! Forgive my language, but what the bloody fuck from the depths of hell kind of stupidity is that?! In Canada (by contrast), Plan B emergency contraception is not only available without a prescription, but advertised on the radio (er, not that I’ve ever had a need for it personally…but I’m definitely relieved and grateful it’s available to others who do!)

Oh I WISH i had been here for that—you couldnt get Plan B here without a prescription until what, 4 years ago? I used to bring it in from the UK for people here.

(not like I was a drug runner, lol, I just brought back a stash on every trip for friends, people who didnt have health care, etc)

there was a huge debate here a few months ago about Plan B because they wanted to make it available to 17 year olds w/o script— most people here were still under the misapprehension that it’s an abortificant like RU 486 (which, by the way, tho legal in europe from 86 on, you couldnt get here even with a doctor until very recently— no non-surgical abortions for YOU! )