Srsly, I believe birth control should be free at every jr high and high school for a start. With this new plan, I won't have to be the Latex Lady for Liberty in a van handing out rubbers and pills. But I totally would have done it!
Yep, and sure some kids are going make balloons out of the condoms or other creative uses, but that extra cost is trivial compared to the benefits. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
Speaking of ignorant and wacky sayings about birth control or abortion did ya see then NYT reporting on federal Judge Walker ruling against the DeSantis administration's censorious lawsuits?
“The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is ‘false,’” Judge Walker, who has frequently ruled against the administration, wrote in his 17-page order. “To keep it simple for the state of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”
At my first full-time job in the 70's, the group health insurance did not cover birth control, and so from age 16 until age 27 when I got a job that had better health insurance, I got my oral contraceptives at Planned Parenthood. I needed them for Primary Dysmenorrhea (AKA severe menstrual cramps). They had a sliding income scale, and I basically got them free or at most $1 per pack. I wonder what they charge now?
The scheme, which lists all medicines subsidised by the federal government, caps a four-month supply of the oral contraceptive pill at $30, or $7.30 for a healthcare-card holder, although some generic brands are cheaper'
HEY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Please don't be afraid to look into your county health departments! When I had no health insurance, they were able to do my basic yearly OB/GYN exam and provide me low cost birth control on a sliding scale. I think I paid $5/month for my pill packs.
It was more for period regulation for my PERIODS FROM HELL than child prevention, as it turns out, since I was functionally barren and we didn't confirm it for realsy real until I had the whole apparatus removed a few years ago. Regardless, I appreciate that my county understood that unwanted children perpetuate the cycle of poverty and by allowing women to choose when they reproduce, if at all, it empowers them to lift themselves out of that cycle.
My college health center sold bulk condoms in little brown baggies. I think it was like a dozen for a dollar. They broke a lot, which must have been good for keeping a steady customer base for the health center.
We put them in the graduation party porñata along with the lube samples and pornaments. It was the December graduation, of course. Glitter, ribbons, and bare bits combined into the best ornaments ever.
And then, my dumb friends hooked up that night and did not even use the condoms I had helpfully provided in the porñata.
There was a local pharmacy in my college town that sold variety packs of interesting condoms and my roommate and I decorated our dorm room door with them. We called it “safety door” and replaced the condoms as necessary, at least until we ran out of money. I can state with conviction that women choosing condoms from a residence hall door prefer the ordinary condoms and flavored dental dams over the fancy-dancy weird ones, or at least they did in the ‘90s.
>>Personally I have always found it deeply illogical, even just from a purely economic perspective, that the government does not just provide free and easily accessible free condoms to everyone to begin with.
Careful. Where would that slope stop? Free healthcare? Food for hungry people? Housing for the homeless? Insanity.
And remember: If Republicans take back Congress, this can be overturned with a simple majority using the Congressional Review Act. *AND* that will mean that it can't be re-instated by the next Democratic administration w/o an act of Congress.
“We believe that women in every state must have the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions, including the right to decide if and when to start or grow their family.”
This is good but I will make one quibble: it's good for men too. Decent guys don't want to become a father until they are ready and their partners are willing!
I've never seen OTC spermicidal gel much less know how to buy it. What are some good brands and how to get it?
Srsly, I believe birth control should be free at every jr high and high school for a start. With this new plan, I won't have to be the Latex Lady for Liberty in a van handing out rubbers and pills. But I totally would have done it!
Yep, and sure some kids are going make balloons out of the condoms or other creative uses, but that extra cost is trivial compared to the benefits. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
Note that giving women easy access to birth control would prevent a whole lot of abortions. No woman who wasn't pregnant has ever had an abortion.
Ta, Robyn. Beautiful.
Speaking of ignorant and wacky sayings about birth control or abortion did ya see then NYT reporting on federal Judge Walker ruling against the DeSantis administration's censorious lawsuits?
“The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is ‘false,’” Judge Walker, who has frequently ruled against the administration, wrote in his 17-page order. “To keep it simple for the state of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/us/politics/abortion-florida-desantis.html
At my first full-time job in the 70's, the group health insurance did not cover birth control, and so from age 16 until age 27 when I got a job that had better health insurance, I got my oral contraceptives at Planned Parenthood. I needed them for Primary Dysmenorrhea (AKA severe menstrual cramps). They had a sliding income scale, and I basically got them free or at most $1 per pack. I wonder what they charge now?
Now watch. The AGs of TX, MS et al. will get SCOTUS to invalidate this too.
'How much does the pill cost in Australia?
The scheme, which lists all medicines subsidised by the federal government, caps a four-month supply of the oral contraceptive pill at $30, or $7.30 for a healthcare-card holder, although some generic brands are cheaper'
HEY LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Please don't be afraid to look into your county health departments! When I had no health insurance, they were able to do my basic yearly OB/GYN exam and provide me low cost birth control on a sliding scale. I think I paid $5/month for my pill packs.
It was more for period regulation for my PERIODS FROM HELL than child prevention, as it turns out, since I was functionally barren and we didn't confirm it for realsy real until I had the whole apparatus removed a few years ago. Regardless, I appreciate that my county understood that unwanted children perpetuate the cycle of poverty and by allowing women to choose when they reproduce, if at all, it empowers them to lift themselves out of that cycle.
I am a big fan of county health departments, which I have had reasons both personal & professional to spend time in.
I feel like I could be a greeter at the health dept as a retirement volunteer gig & I'd be pretty content.
My college health center sold bulk condoms in little brown baggies. I think it was like a dozen for a dollar. They broke a lot, which must have been good for keeping a steady customer base for the health center.
We put them in the graduation party porñata along with the lube samples and pornaments. It was the December graduation, of course. Glitter, ribbons, and bare bits combined into the best ornaments ever.
And then, my dumb friends hooked up that night and did not even use the condoms I had helpfully provided in the porñata.
There was a local pharmacy in my college town that sold variety packs of interesting condoms and my roommate and I decorated our dorm room door with them. We called it “safety door” and replaced the condoms as necessary, at least until we ran out of money. I can state with conviction that women choosing condoms from a residence hall door prefer the ordinary condoms and flavored dental dams over the fancy-dancy weird ones, or at least they did in the ‘90s.
>>Personally I have always found it deeply illogical, even just from a purely economic perspective, that the government does not just provide free and easily accessible free condoms to everyone to begin with.
Careful. Where would that slope stop? Free healthcare? Food for hungry people? Housing for the homeless? Insanity.
dogs and cats, living together... mass hysteria!
More great policy but let's make sure we upgrade Congress (House + Senate) to make it happen, along with a Harris/Walz victory!
And remember: If Republicans take back Congress, this can be overturned with a simple majority using the Congressional Review Act. *AND* that will mean that it can't be re-instated by the next Democratic administration w/o an act of Congress.
Brilliant and hilarious new ad from Eric Swawell ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNdPJqTLM4Q
My Congressman! I voted for him just yesterday!
(Haven't dropped off the ballot yet though; still mulling over Prop. 33 and Prop. 34.)
Excellent!
He's no Arnold Palmer
- Stormy Daniels
“We believe that women in every state must have the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions, including the right to decide if and when to start or grow their family.”
This is good but I will make one quibble: it's good for men too. Decent guys don't want to become a father until they are ready and their partners are willing!
Hey! Haven't seen you in a bit; in case I didn't already say it, CONGRATULATIONS, NEWLYWED! 💖
Thanks! Still getting used to the phrase “My husband and I…”
"This is also good for men, by the way"
Should have known that Robyn would be on it.