http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/opinion/19clinton.html?_r=2&ref=opinion&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
A very interesting article co-written by Senator Hillary Clinton about women's rights. This article is insanely interesting to me because of HL, who understands my interest in the protection of women's rights/abortion and how frequently he has assured me that under McCain/Palin Roe vs. Wade would not be overturned. However, this article provides a different threat that is already trying to take effect and the conditions would only worsen under a conservative country.
Could physicians object to helping patients whose sexual orientation they find objectionable? Could a receptionist refuse to book an appointment for an H.I.V. test? What about an emergency room doctor who wishes to deny emergency contraception to a rape victim? Or a pharmacist who prefers not to refill a birth control prescription?
This is a law which allows discrimination against things we find "morally wrong". I feel that it is WILDLY inappropriate for the government to put the enforcement of a law in people who may have the opposite set of morals from me. I do not think any medical professional should be able to deny me birth control, the morning after pill, an abortion, ANYTHING because of their own personal morals. I don't care if they don't want to, it is their job. They should not have the right to deny me of my own rights. This law lacks consitency and courtesy to those who do believe in birth control and don't push their religious beliefs on others.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Posted by Kristi at 2:24 PM
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3 comments:
I couldn't access this article, so could you please send me the link?
I also believe that it is wrong for the government to deny people birth control or abortions. It is ridiculous that the government could actually stop someone from doing something as simple as buying a pill to prevent pregancy. What's next? Are they going to also stop people with a different sexual orientation from going to public places? This is wrong.
Howard, you can point out the facts to me as many times as you prefer. This is an issue where you can not hold any sort of grounf with me. The article clearly refers to times where a doctor could refuse to perform an abortion or hand out birth control and considering that we live in a country where EVERYONE should have equal access to those things, I am disgusted and disgruntled that someone even thinks it's even slightly okay to deny a woman of birth control.
This is not an argument about abortion. This is an argument about proper health care systems within the United States and how all women deserve the right to the care they need, especially with birth control. I think this is a very important topic this election because I enjoy being sexually responsible and I don't find it fair that the government could hinder safe sex practices.
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