The Right Wing's Idea of "Freedom"

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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

[mrbogey.livejournal.com]

'You said there was no real voice in the process but there is.'

Actually, he said:

In the sense that she can propose legislation, sure. I noted this earlier - the voice exists, but it doesn't mean much

What's happening here is as the debate extends the argument is changing focus. First it was about attacks on birth control. Your assertion connected prima facie this issue to an attack on birth control. Further arguments were on the power of the whip in terms of getting legislation proposed and passed.

As this wasn't an attack on birth control then further arguments over whether there was an effort by the whip to attack it is fallacious.

If you criticize someone for criminal behavior and demand imprisonment and we later find out they're innocent, the argument can't be over whether or not they deserve to go to jail or that if the supposed crime is deserving of jail time.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

you're taking posts all out of order.

He said -the voice exists way after, that was the actual process of moving the goalposts. the -but it doesn't mean much.