I would never suspect you of using that icon seriously. No worries. :)
I personally feel that access to emergency contraception should absolutely be universal. I understand your argument that it would lead to the increase of STD's, but I disagree. I haven't seen data on either side of the question, but I think that when people have easy access to sex ed, family planning, birth control, etc., they still behave responsibly about STD's. After all, I haven't heard that people using birth control tend to have more unsafe sex or contract more STD's. I don't think the question is any different when applied to EC instead of birth control. Besides, arguing that there should be some roadblocks, so that only people who REALLY want it will get it implies that it is acceptable to manipulate people's actions, and that the people in power are better at making other people's choices for them than the people themselves are, which is kind of the root of the whole problem. The government/"wiser"/"more educated" people should not put themselves in the position of predicting what options will make people's lives better before allowing people access to things. After all, what do we know about other people's lives, really?
I thought she wrote pretty well about the fact that her reactions towards her fetus were emotional rather than logical. I appreciated the fact that she was willing to be that honest about what she was feeling. I guess it's just very easy for me to see myself reacting the exact same way in that situation. It's harsh, but she acknowledges that her anger is coming from outside sources, and she can't help directing it at the fetus.
kcobweb already addressed the EC question, but Biting Beaver did say on her blog that since she was ovulating, the chances of the EC having worked were much lower than they would have been otherwise. On the other hand, Planned Parenthood says that the success rate kcobweb quotes is only true for the first 72 hours, and I believe BB got her EC after that. So there's no real way to know.
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Date: 2006-10-11 11:10 pm (UTC)I personally feel that access to emergency contraception should absolutely be universal. I understand your argument that it would lead to the increase of STD's, but I disagree. I haven't seen data on either side of the question, but I think that when people have easy access to sex ed, family planning, birth control, etc., they still behave responsibly about STD's. After all, I haven't heard that people using birth control tend to have more unsafe sex or contract more STD's. I don't think the question is any different when applied to EC instead of birth control. Besides, arguing that there should be some roadblocks, so that only people who REALLY want it will get it implies that it is acceptable to manipulate people's actions, and that the people in power are better at making other people's choices for them than the people themselves are, which is kind of the root of the whole problem. The government/"wiser"/"more educated" people should not put themselves in the position of predicting what options will make people's lives better before allowing people access to things. After all, what do we know about other people's lives, really?
I thought she wrote pretty well about the fact that her reactions towards her fetus were emotional rather than logical. I appreciated the fact that she was willing to be that honest about what she was feeling. I guess it's just very easy for me to see myself reacting the exact same way in that situation. It's harsh, but she acknowledges that her anger is coming from outside sources, and she can't help directing it at the fetus.