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    http://feministing.com/archives/009140.html
    http://thepillkills.com/

    June 7 is the day that made it legal for married couples to use birth control. The people of thepillkills.com want others to protest the pill so they can show the rest of the people of the States that birth control is bad, it kills pre-born babies and needs to be made illegal once more.

    For those who don't know, I have some health problems that would make it bad for me to get pregnant right now. I would be under a doctor's care from day 1 & complete bed rest. Not sure if pregnancy would equal suicide, but it might be close.

    I'm thinking of getting together people and counter-protesting the protesters. Is that bad of me?
    Oh Holy Trinity, the Goddess Caffeine'Na, the Great Cowthulhu, & The Doctor, Who Art in Tardis, give me strength. Moo. Moo. Java. Timey Wimey

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  • #2
    No that is not bad of you. That is a wonderful and excellent idea. Birth control needs to be availabel to those who want or need it regardless of what anyone else may think about it. If your religion prohibits it then fine it prohibits it for you but that doesnt give you the right to keep others frm having it just you.

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    • #3
      To the peoplem protesting it, I say a bit "F*** you!" I have horrible periods; they are irregular to the point of ridiculousness, where I get 6 weeks without one then have two within a space of two weeks; I get terrible cramps, headaches and anaemia; plus I have PMS that would make Godzilla wet himself with fear. The pill stops all that; plus it means that I don't become pregnant at a time when I don't want babies.
      "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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      • #4
        I only briefly skimmed the protestors site. Too much bullshit makes me ill.

        American Life League computed the following estimates for chemical abortions alone, from 1973 to 2003:
        During this period, approximately 6,605,000 to 11,725,000 chemical abortions occured in the United States annually.
        During this period, a total of 196,325,000 to 324,325,000 chemical abortions wiped out the equivalent of the entire United States population!
        According to these idiots, if it weren't for BC, America would be teeming with unwanted children!

        Yeah, that's a great idea. We need more kids to grow up in dysfunctional families with parents who either aren't ready for kids, or flat-out don't want them. Of course, we could always stuff all those unwanted babies into our stellar orphanages instead and let the infallible adoption system deal with them.
        Oh, wait! Maybe if we took away BC, people would never have sex unless they wanted children! Yes, society would be a veritable Utopia without BC.

        /sarcasm

        I was going to write more, but this is starting to upset me to the point of incoherence.

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        • #5
          I wish these people understood how birth control worked. You know, the fact that it prevents the egg from being released, rather than destroying the egg once it has been released.

          "Chemical abortions", indeed. There's nothing to abort!

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          • #6
            Isn't it boggling how many people there really are who just don't understand basic sex ed? It's not like it's really all that difficult to understand either, they just refuse to even bother.

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            • #7
              Not to mention the fact that it's far better for an egg to be prevented from being released or embedded than a woman smothering, drowning or strangling an unwanted baby, or perhaps leaving it in a dustbin cuz she doesn't want it and never will. Look at how many children are abused; both physically and sexually, and how many mothers are either actively participating in the abuse or just standing by and letting it happen. That goes to show that we need more BC, not less cuz there are people who should never ever be parents.
              "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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              • #8
                It just seems scarey to me. The ignorance of these people who are saying the pill kills. I am a Roman Catholic. As one, I shouldn't be on BC, but my body is so screwed up, I'm surprised I got pregnant with Kelly in the first place, and my periods are even more screwed up since having her.

                I have to take the pill 'cos I'll go for months (4-6) without a period. Which is bad. Bad things happen to a woman's innards if she's in her child-bearing years and not having a normal period. Then from January to March, I had no period and. I. was. on. the. pill. not. pregnant. I was scared about that. Fortunately, I have a great doctor. Whew!

                My dad was raised Roman Catholic too. He got snipped. Because of this, he can be excommunicated from the church. Also, both of my SILs are Catholic like me and SIL1 had her hubs get snipped, and I'm pretty sure SIL2 either is on the pill or they use condoms (a form of birth control) because they haven't gotten pregnant yet - and they'll be celebrating their 6 year anniversary in October.

                Ahem, yes, well, should we start up our Fratching Bus and go about the countryside protesting?
                Oh Holy Trinity, the Goddess Caffeine'Na, the Great Cowthulhu, & The Doctor, Who Art in Tardis, give me strength. Moo. Moo. Java. Timey Wimey

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Lace Neil Singer View Post
                  To the peoplem protesting it, I say a bit "F*** you!" I have horrible periods; they are irregular to the point of ridiculousness, where I get 6 weeks without one then have two within a space of two weeks
                  That's the reason I went on the pill. My base reason has nothing to do with not getting pregnant (although that is a bonus; no way in hell could I support a child now).

                  "Pre-born babies"? It's a couple cells at ovulation; if it isn't fertilized then there is no baby.

                  Originally posted by Lace Neil Singer View Post
                  Not to mention the fact that it's far better for an egg to be prevented from being released or embedded than a woman smothering, drowning or strangling an unwanted baby, or perhaps leaving it in a dustbin cuz she doesn't want it and never will.
                  Exactly. There are far too many children out there wanting a home.

                  As far as "the pill is a chemical abortion", I'm in full agreement with the belief that there is nothing to abort. Both egg and sperm are cells. If they are prevented from meeting/dividing/growing, they're still just cells.
                  "Any state, any entity, any ideology which fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man...that state is obsolete."

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                  • #10
                    I'm on the pill for PCOS, which is a syndrome where my whacked out hormones cause benign tumors to grow on my ovaries. Without the pill, these tumors can completely subsume my ovaries. Without the pill, I am incapable of childbearing. Counter-intuitive, huh?

                    Also, it's none of their business. I may take it for PCOS but that doesn't mean it's not a reassurance the morning after.

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                    • #11
                      You know, and, I could be wrong, because I don't pay a lot of attention to my reproductive organs unless something malfunctions spectacularly, but how is birth control "killing" babies any different from my never having sex and therefore my eggs just end up down the toilet every month? I mean, doesn't that kill them too?

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                      • #12
                        Mysty, if you're menstrating, then the possibility of pregnancy has passed by. If you're using BC and having sex, then the possibility of pregnancy has been greatly reduced, thus you've had a chemical abortion.

                        I understand their argument, it's just stupid. That's all.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Sylvia727 View Post
                          Mysty, if you're menstrating, then the possibility of pregnancy has passed by. If you're using BC and having sex, then the possibility of pregnancy has been greatly reduced, thus you've had a chemical abortion.

                          I understand their argument, it's just stupid. That's all.
                          ...but, by not even having sex, I'm achieving the same thing as by using birth control, so...I'm basically letting babies die every time, aren't I? The egg comes out regardless, right? I mean, I'm making a choice that prevents a baby from developing either way.

                          I'm not trying to sound dumb, I promise, I'm just trying to figure out what precisely they're protesting. Without opening this can of worms, I can understand protesting abortion of an already-developing fetus that COULD be aware, I don't understand protesting something that keeps an undeveloped, unquestionably unconscious egg from developing.

                          (Keep in mind that I have no idea precisely how this birth control stuff works, it could be magic powder for all I know...)

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                          • #14
                            You could say the same about men all up and down the country, ahem, pleasuring themselves and loads of little wrigglers being flushed down the toilet. Maybe the protesters should protest against wanking? XD
                            "Oh wow, I can't believe how stupid I used to be and you still are."

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                            • #15
                              These (horrible not nice thing I won't type right now 'cause these people make me so angry!!!) are not only protesting that the pill kills babies- they actually have the bigger agenda of wanting people to abstain from sex, especially before marriage.

                              They don't believe in having sex for pleasure. Sex is for having babies. That's why abstinence is ok. Abstinence is not a sin. Sex is.

                              These people scare me, infuriate me, etc. etc. I don't know how you get that ignorant.

                              And Mysty- I am not sure because I haven't done the research, but I believe that some religions would consider "wanking" to be equally sinful...you know the Monty Python song, "Every Sperm is saaaaaaaaaaaacred!"
                              "Children are our future" -LaceNeilSinger
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