The End of Birth-Control Politics

[Glensather]

Yes, I know there's a tragedy, so a lot of stuff is slipping by. Here's an OP-ED from Bobby Jindal bringing up that he believes birth control should be sold over the counter:

Bobby Jindal: The End of Birth-Control Politics - WSJ.com

So at present we have an odd situation. Thanks to President Obama and the pro-choice lobby, women can buy the morning-after pill over the counter without a prescription, but women cannot buy oral contraceptives over the counter unless they have a prescription. Contraception is a personal matter—the government shouldn't be in the business of banning it or requiring a woman's employer to keep tabs on her use of it. If an insurance company or those purchasing insurance want to cover birth control, they should be free to do so. If a consumer wants to buy birth control on her own, she should be free to do so.

He brings up a good point.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Yes, I know there's a tragedy, so a lot of stuff is slipping by. Here's an OP-ED from Bobby Jindal bringing up that he believes birth control should be sold over the counter:

Bobby Jindal: The End of Birth-Control Politics - WSJ.com

So at present we have an odd situation. Thanks to President Obama and the pro-choice lobby, women can buy the morning-after pill over the counter without a prescription, but women cannot buy oral contraceptives over the counter unless they have a prescription. Contraception is a personal matter—the government shouldn't be in the business of banning it or requiring a woman's employer to keep tabs on her use of it. If an insurance company or those purchasing insurance want to cover birth control, they should be free to do so. If a consumer wants to buy birth control on her own, she should be free to do so.

He brings up a good point.

Yes he does.

What’s telling and troubling, however, is this is still an ‘issue’ for republicans and conservatives more then 47 years after Griswold, where the rest of the Nation moved on from this decades ago.