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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf contraceptives shouldn't be categorized as healthcare for women,
then how can the pill be sold as a pharmaceutical?
That question just keeps rumbling around in my head.
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If contraceptives shouldn't be categorized as healthcare for women, (Original Post)
FourScore
Mar 2012
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Siwsan
(26,263 posts)1. Stop trying to see things in a logical manner
Remember what sort of being we're dealing with, here.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)2. Careful, they will try to outlaw contraceptives
The do think the only reason to have sex with a woman is to reproduce.
FourScore
(9,704 posts)3. You forget the power of the drug lobbyists. n/t
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)6. I think the drug lobby is getting pushed out in this debate
I would think they would be for providing to all women. It matters not to them who pays.
Then I would think insurance companies would be for covering birth control as it is cheaper to prevent a pregnancy than it is to raise a kid.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)4. A very good point
appleannie1
(5,067 posts)5. They used the same pills for years for health problems before they were ever used as contraceptives.