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In reply to the discussion: White House to Announce ‘Accommodation’ for Religious Organizations on Contraception Rule [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)to protect their right to birth control -- especially Catholic women who remember the misery of their mothers and grandmothers who were condemned to a life of one pregnancy after the other.
In my family, all the women are reminded of the life of our great-grandmother who was pregnant umpteen times, miscarrying more than half of her babies and suffering her life-long. We women view birth control as a life-saving, sacred right.
Men would not understand how important it is for a woman to be able to carry healthy babies in a healthy womb. Having a healthy baby is a miracle, the greatest joy. But when women are sentenced to pregnancy after pregnancy without a chance to regain their health between babies, it is just pain. Not all women are born with the physical or mental capacity to raise large families.
I expect women to organize around this issue with far more energy than the Catholic bishops.