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!)

The problem the anti-abortion lobby has with emergency contraception is that it works (at least in part) by preventing the attachment of the fertilized egg to the uterine lining, rather than preventing fertilization like standard contraceptives do. Thus to them it’s a form of abortion. I don’t agree with them at all on this issue (in fact I’m a pharmacist myself and have sold/dispensed the morning after pill on countless occasions), but it does make sense from their worldview.

Now the ones who oppose *any* form of contraception being available….