Debates over women's contraception "privileges" dominated news last year as old white men argued over women's rights to their body. While the issue is mostly to do with privacy rights, the massive opposition is deeply rooted in the religious sentiment that contraception is a method by which humans subvert God's plans, considering the Bible says that the matter of copulation is only to produce offspring. Why would any women need birth control if she's having sex to produce children? In fact, most Americans actually support birth control so how is it that this minority is so vocal?
This conflict of interests arose when the new health care mandate kicked in and religious organizations questioned whether they were forced to provide contraception to their female workers. Two SCOTUS cases addressed this issue--Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius-- but have not been decided on yet.
For the moment I am not even going to address the fact that women who work for religious organizations are not necessarily of that religion nor should they have to be... wait, actually I am. Even Joe Biden can recognize the difference between personal beliefs and public law. Contraception is not used so women can whore around-- in many cases, the possibility of pregnancy can be dangerous for them or the artificial hormones keep their own hormones in check. Even if a woman does want to "whore around," no one should actually care nor tell a woman what to do with her body.
It's frustrating that personal convictions such as religious beliefs can hold weight in a court of law and people can lose a right due to a majority's opinion. I'm gonna come out and say it right now that most of the men voting against these laws have probably used a condom at least once in their life. (It's almost as if there's some connection between what men think they should be entitled to and the inflated sense of authority to decide what others are entitled to!)
Maybe one day people will be able to separate their beliefs from what is law but for now, we get arguments like this. Sigh.
Okay, I'm totally all over your blog...but I agree with this too! So much actually. A long time ago, people had sex solely for the purpose of having children, and that's FINE. But, nowadays, things have changed. We like to think that people have sex because they love each other, but let's be real here...people have sex to enjoy themselves. But there is nothing wrong with that! If two people physically enjoy each other, then so be it. Birth control and condoms is a safe way to have sex, because we don't want a bunch of girls in high school and early years of college getting pregnant (unless they want it that way). Women should be entitled to birth control because it makes them feel comfortable. I can't stand when someone says that a woman is a "whore" or a "slut" just because she wants to have sex and be protective.
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