Bye bye freedom

[kathygnome]

Justice O'Connor resigned. That eliminates Roe v. Wade, possibly birth control in general, and a host of other things.

We are fucked.

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[malwae.livejournal.com]

The pharmaceutical companies make far, far too much money from selling birth control for them to allow it to become illegal.

As unpopular as it might be to say so, big mega corporations which are willing to defy anything in the interests of profit actually do benefit humanity from time to time.

Hell will freeze over before they will lose the US birth control market.

Sad about O'Connor though; I had thought Renquist would retire first. He's in worse shape healthwise.

[kathygnome.livejournal.com]

So far birth control has been losing in the legislatures. And I can't see how you overturn Roe v. Wade without overturning Griswold v. Conn.

It's really clear that the religious reich sees banning BCP as within it's grasp.

[lassiter.livejournal.com]

In what state is the sale or purchase of contraceptives actually illegal? I think they're even legal in Utah.

I mean, yes, let's fight, but let's not panic or despair. Not yet, anyway. :) The radical christian right is still only 8-10 percent of all US voters. It may be the best thing in the world for the Bushies to start believing their own propaganda on these issues 'cause the backlash from normal American voters will likely be tremendous.

[dashingdeviant.livejournal.com]

I don't they'll get as much as a backlash as we'd hope for - they've got a large chunk of the population marching in lockstep, with their eyes closed and ears plugged.

[akasa.livejournal.com]

I live in TX. Pharmacists have refused birth control to people IN MY AREA trying to use the "it can cause an abortion" arguement.
Then there was a case that went to the courts saying that not only can they refuse to fill the prescriptions, but they can also refuse to refer the person to a pharmacist that will.

You want to keep acting like its not going to happen, keep on. Just know it IS.
I NEED BC for medical reasons, not to keep me from having kids, but to keep from being curled in a fetal position most the time. They don't care. They see it as a liscence for women to be sexually active, and we can't have that! (Grrr.)