Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:50 PM

pokerfan (25,630 posts)

ACLU: Women Don't Care About Contraception?

Haley's disingenuous backpedal was pretty much turning the issue on its head.

Posted by Jennifer Dalven, Reproductive Freedom Project at 12:31pm

On ABC's The View, the governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley, said that women don't care about contraception. News to me. Here, all along I thought, women (and men) care very much about contraception. I thought American women and families cared very much about being able to decide whether and when to have a child. Shows what I know.

When pressed, the governor tried to backpedal, saying that maybe women cared about birth control, but we don't need government making that decision for us. I am sorry, I missed it. Exactly which government policy is telling women they have to use birth control? Here I thought we were talking about government making sure that women had insurance coverage for birth control and allowing a woman and her partner to decide for themselves about using it. Silly me.

http://www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/women-dont-care-about-contraception

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6 replies	Author	Time	Post
ACLU: Women Don't Care About Contraception? (Original post)	pokerfan	Apr 2012	OP
yet another privileged patriarchy enabler revelaing her ignorance	noiretextatique	Apr 2012	#1
And here she's been touted as a possible VP candidate. That's now dead.	mainer	Apr 2012	#2
She only has two children.	SheilaT	Apr 2012	#3
Yeah, that's turning the argument upside down	pokerfan	Apr 2012	#4
What I have always wondered about this	HockeyMom	Apr 2012	#5
republicon women are like black republicons	noiretextatique	Apr 2012	#6

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:53 PM

noiretextatique (21,386 posts)

1. yet another privileged patriarchy enabler revelaing her ignorance

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about women. these people are disgusting and have no place in public office. editing for gender

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 01:55 PM

mainer (6,688 posts)

2. And here she's been touted as a possible VP candidate. That's now dead.

Sure wouldn't help her with the female demographic now.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:19 PM

SheilaT (12,585 posts)

3. She only has two children.

Surely she's a user of birth control.

And, when she said the we don't need the government making that decision for us, hey Nikki, THAT'S EXACTLY THE POINT. Women want to make those decisions for themselves, by themselves, perhaps with some input from a doctor and maybe their partner.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 03:41 PM

pokerfan (25,630 posts)

4. Yeah, that's turning the argument upside down

a particularly infuriating tactic of the rw wackos. I guess they don't want the government to come between your private birth control discussions between you and your boss.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 04:22 PM

HockeyMom (10,821 posts)

5. What I have always wondered about this

Many male employees cover their wives under their insurance plan. If a male employee is submitting contraceptive coverage for his wife, would he get fired to?

That would be an interesting case for these sexist employers.

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Fri Apr 6, 2012, 04:52 PM

noiretextatique (21,386 posts)

6. republicon women are like black republicons

and log cabin republicons. they are supporting a party that is openly hostile to their existence. traitors.

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