allows one to engage in irresponsible behavior(removing condoms off the shelf doesn’t stop homosexuality), has major side effects(the patient and doctor can evaluate and make this decision), drives up the cost of healthcare(not sure the correlation here), correlates with an increase in STDs(I can go for that), breast cancer(I understand the risk), and abortion(the pill prevents pregnancy), contaminates our environment(not unless you dump them down the toilet).
And as far as your moral arguement, that’s your opinion. I am a welfare caseworker in Florida and I’m working on my MBA in Healthcare Administration. Don’t hurl your insults my way by insinuating I’m a liberal. Women have a choice in the medications they take. I am not morally superior to pass judgement on women that use these drugs perhaps to regulate their period or protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy.
I personally don’t want kids at this point in my life(I’m 40). If a woman is not on the pill I will use other methods of safety against pregnancy.
Your problem here is that you assume you know more than you do about this topic. So I will take it point by point.
Allowing one to engage in irresponsible behaviors - I never mentioned homosexuality here so let’s stick to the topic at hand. Taking the Pill gives a woman a false sense of security & encourages irresponsible sex. The Pill package inserts claim an effectiveness of 99% when the real failure rate is more like 17%. These women pursue “sex without consequences” which is a falsehood that does not exist.
Side effects- the AMA & other physician groups are on record soft-balling the side effects of the pill. If you think places like Planned Parenthood are counseling women to the real risks of the Pill think again. My own GYN tried pushing this shit off on me after my daughter was born, telling me that serious effects are “rare”. Meanwhile, I had just witnessed the death of 4 patients at work in a short span of time from strokes and/or pulmonary embolism from the Pill. A close friend of mine just got out of the hospital last week from a PE that her physicians blamed on the Pill. If you think drs & patients are discussing this, think again. This is a multi-million dollar industry.
Driving up healthcare costs - who do you think is paying for the Pill that is given out for “free” at various clinics? And who do you think pays for hospitalizations & care related to side effects? That’s not rocket science, dude.
Abortion - if a woman conceives while on the Pill, the Pill prevents the implantation of the embryo & it is passed. It is an abortifacient. Every woman taking the Pill (and man who condones it) is guilty of this.
Contaminates our environment - you say this dosen’t happen unless you dump it down the toilet. Are you seriously that simple? WTF do you think happens when a woman pees? All the exogenous hormones she’s been taking are dumped into the sewer system. And out water treatment facilities are not sophisticated enough to remove these hormones from the drinking water. Why do you think there are 6 year old girls growing boobs & getting their periods? How about men who are developing feminizing characteristics, like man-boobs?
I’m appalled that you fail to see these arguments, as well as your own relativism. As far as women having a choice as far as which meds they take, can you say with honesty that they are being given full disclosure, making a truly informed choice? I can tell you - hell no. And it’s men like you who encourage it for their own convenience who are part of the problem. If you don’t like my “opinion”, too bad. The truth hurts & I have the facts on my side.