The Right Wing's Idea of "Freedom"

[paft.livejournal.com]

From Statepress:

Arizona House Bill 2625, authored by Majority Whip Debbie Lesko, R-Glendale, would permit employers to ask their employees for proof of medical prescription if they seek contraceptives for non-reproductive purposes, such as hormone control or acne treatment.


‘I believe we live in America. We don’t live in the Soviet Union,’ Lesko said. ‘So, government should not be telling the organizations or mom and pop employers to do something against their moral beliefs.’

Jezebel points out that Arizona is an “at will” state. This means that bosses in Arizona will be able to fire women for being depraved enough to take birth control pills to prevent pregnancy.

As we all know, what made the Soviet Union infamous were not the gulags, its treatment of dissidents, and the rigid control over the press, but the fact that women could take pills for the purpose of contraception without fear of losing their jobs over it.

Yes, here it is -- the right wing's idea of "freedom" is a society where a woman has to ask her boss' permission to use oral contraceptives.

Does anyone else find this more than a little weird?

Crossposted from Thoughtcrimes

Comments

[its-anya.livejournal.com]

I'm not surprised that the balance of power is so much in favour of employers with regards to this legislation, but what does surprise me is that there is no powerful Labour movement to counter it. :/

[paft.livejournal.com]

Americans workers are simply going to have to wake up. It's becoming a matter of basic survival.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

it's not exactly in established Labor's wheelhouse. I think they'll get moving on it pretty soon tho.

[a-new-machine.livejournal.com]

The at-will thing generally is, though.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

The conservatives have been actively killing labor organization and liberals are too pussy to defend it, it's not that surprising.