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4. Duh. Letting women control their reproductive lives turns out to benefit everyone.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Mar 26, 2012, 08:19 PM

Mar 2012

No loss brainpower in the workforce; and when and if those women choose to have children, the children benefit from more educated, experienced and mature mothers (who may also be more financially stable); more financially stable households ... all this and more for the low price of treating women like human beings!

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Birth Control Access Boosts Women's Wages, Study Finds [View all] kpete Mar 2012 OP

Duh. mainer Mar 2012 #1

And there you have it... derby378 Mar 2012 #2

this is so fundamental. CTyankee Mar 2012 #3

Duh. Letting women control their reproductive lives turns out to benefit everyone. REP Mar 2012 #4

Sounds like more than enough reason for the TeaPubliKlans to be deadset against TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #5

No wonder AZ legislature wants to let employers have control longship Mar 2012 #6

I'd like to add: where high-school pregnancy happens, isn't "Mommy brain" a reason she drops out? StarsInHerHair Mar 2012 #7