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To: MonaMars
Every single rape victim who seeks medical treatment is offered the morning after pill if they aren't already on the pill, not tiny, miniscule percentages.

The tiny, miniscule perecentage refers to the number of rape victims seeking the morning-after pill vs the overall number of women who seek it

Guess what those private physicians give them? That's right: a prescription, which they need to fill.

It's disgusting that you can be so dismissive of rape victims.

I'm not dismissive of them. If they do not seek police help after a rape, and instead seek out their doctors, they are reducing the likelihood of getting help from the police.

If you read the article, Target makes a point of saying that the pill would be made available somehow. That is not being dismissive.

101 posted on 11/13/2005 4:54:24 PM PST by tuesday afternoon
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To: tuesday afternoon

"The tiny, miniscule perecentage refers to the number of rape victims seeking the morning-after pill vs the overall number of women who seek it"

Why don't you give me some verifiable numbers.

"I'm not dismissive of them. If they do not seek police help after a rape, and instead seek out their doctors, they are reducing the likelihood of getting help from the police."

Many women in he said/she said situations choose not to go the police bcse they believe it'll be an exercise in futility. Convictions in such cases are not exactly common and they decide not to go through all that. They still need medical care, though. I don't agree with that attitude, but it exists.

"If you read the article, Target makes a point of saying that the pill would be made available somehow. That is not being dismissive."

I did read the article. My problem with this is that it opens the door to the idea that people have a right to demand that their employers accommodate their religious beliefs, even when those beliefs go against things that the government and the people, for better or worse, have deemed legal. If someone finds that performing their job is morally offensive, they should seek work elsewhere. Render unto Caesar...


122 posted on 11/13/2005 7:27:22 PM PST by MonaMars
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