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FDA Approves Morning-After Pill for 17-Year-Olds
Alleluia, people! Science is fighting back!
I am, as always, floored by the blow-hard, pathetic excuses the conservatives throw up in the face of anything that doesn't equate 'Go forth and multiply.'
"Opponents, including prominent conservatives, counter that [the drug] would encourage promiscuity and might even become a tool for criminals running prostitution rings, as well as for sexual predators."
The holes in your arguments, let me show you them.
1) Encourage nothing, assholes. Condoms are free. This drug costs up to $60. Which one will most people choose?
2) Prostitutes are women, too. An abortion can cost anywhere from $400 to $500. A coat hanger and a 32-oz bottle of Drano costs $10. If pimps are gonna be pushing this drug, good for them.
3) Only 25% of sexual predators are women. Only 25% of sexual predators over the age of 17 can purchase this drug (no, you cannot send your boyfriend to buy it for you), and, guess what. They are not the victim.
I can only image what kind of noises they'll make when science proves that removing all age-limits is actually going to, you know, help women out. I mean, God forbid.
Alleluia, people! Science is fighting back!
I am, as always, floored by the blow-hard, pathetic excuses the conservatives throw up in the face of anything that doesn't equate 'Go forth and multiply.'
"Opponents, including prominent conservatives, counter that [the drug] would encourage promiscuity and might even become a tool for criminals running prostitution rings, as well as for sexual predators."
The holes in your arguments, let me show you them.
1) Encourage nothing, assholes. Condoms are free. This drug costs up to $60. Which one will most people choose?
2) Prostitutes are women, too. An abortion can cost anywhere from $400 to $500. A coat hanger and a 32-oz bottle of Drano costs $10. If pimps are gonna be pushing this drug, good for them.
3) Only 25% of sexual predators are women. Only 25% of sexual predators over the age of 17 can purchase this drug (no, you cannot send your boyfriend to buy it for you), and, guess what. They are not the victim.
I can only image what kind of noises they'll make when science proves that removing all age-limits is actually going to, you know, help women out. I mean, God forbid.
