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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
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Date: 14/3/12 22:18 (UTC)In Soviet Union, point misses you!
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Date: 14/3/12 22:32 (UTC)Many women cannot afford to pay the full price for oral contraceptives out of their own pocket.
K: In Soviet Union, point misses you!
According to one other poster here, the proposed law makes us more - not less -- like the Soviet Union when it comes to the availability of oral contraception.
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Date: 15/3/12 00:53 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 15/3/12 05:14 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 15/3/12 05:26 (UTC)The law states specifically-
http://e-lobbyist.com/gaits/text/521860
HOUSE BILL 2625:
1.Z- ... This subsection shall not exclude coverage for prescription contraceptive methods ordered by a health care provider WITH prescriptive authority for medical indications other than for contraceptive, abortifacient, abortion or sterilization purposes.
A prescription for an implant to deal with PMDD would presumably fall under that and be REQUIRED by Arizona state law currently with no waiver possible.
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Date: 15/3/12 19:35 (UTC)I've used condoms for 20 years and never had a pregnancy.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366741,00.html
1-2 percent get pregnant on the pill with perfect usage.
http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/explanation-condom-failure-rates
2-3 percent get pregnant with condoms with perfect usage.
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Date: 15/3/12 17:03 (UTC)Everything you said is wrong objectively.
Do I have to dog you on this?
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Date: 18/3/12 17:01 (UTC)Dog as much as you want. So far I've not seen any other commentators who share your belief that the employer would not be privy to this information.
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Date: 18/3/12 17:09 (UTC)You've done nothing more than prove your ignorance on this issue and inability to read as well as proving your stubbornness.
I'll have to dog you on your fervent belief in this urban myth. You're making birthers and truthers look smart.
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Date: 18/3/12 18:30 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 18/3/12 21:04 (UTC)Your argument is stupid.
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Date: 15/3/12 00:38 (UTC)