OT Birth Control

[Kitsune06]

What horrified me today was my ex husband emailing me today in a tizzy because apparently in addition to this, abortions have been banned in S. Dakota. Is that true? I didn't think Roe v. Wade etc could be overturned in such a way- that an individual state could make a ban like that...

Oh. Here we go.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/06/sd.abortion/

Weirder things have happened of late.
Your rights are on the line... better darned well sign that petition if you believe in these rights... too many people let this stuff slide.

[crazycanuck]

I know i'm an outsider in all this but would like to state how it looks from outside the USA. I keep reading about items such as this and wonder how can people actually accept it? What's happening in the USA guys??? Is it the ' Big Kahuna's believers" making waves?

Reading your posts gives me some relief as i was under the impression most americans agree with the changes. I wasnt' sure if anyone was actually standing up & saying " oi what the(((( do you think you're doing" !

As kitsune said, sign the petition if you can.

Australia & NZ have encountered similar problems-The Australian Federal health Minister tried to ban RU486 but that didn't work...

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[Aggie_Ama]

I read a horrifying article in a magazine that one woman was refused the morning after pill at a hospital after being raped. She stated refusing the pill was refusing a victim of rape the right to heal. I believe she said she was anti-abortion but would never consider carrying a rapist's baby.

This whole debate completely freaks me out and angers me. As many have said, a lot of people take birth control for things other than birth control. And what drug is next? Would we get someone on a Tom Cruise-like crusade against anti-depressants refusing those? Would someone refuse my anti-convulsants because I could learn to manage my movement disorder naturally? I had one kooky neurologist tell me I was experiencing a lot of side effects from one medicine and would benefit from the power and strength of prayer. And once I found those I would find the drugs unnecessary. I do pray and believe, yet I was still shaking and depressed to boot!

[DebW]

What horrified me today was my ex husband emailing me today in a tizzy because apparently in addition to this, abortions have been banned in S. Dakota. Is that true? I didn't think Roe v. Wade etc could be overturned in such a way- that an individual state could make a ban like that...

I thought this happened several months ago. Did the governor just now sign it, or am I thinking of another state? There is a referendum going on the November ballot in SD to repeal the anti-abortion law. Hopefully the people will undo what their idiotic legislature has done. I believe that the law cannot be enforced now since it conflicts with Roe v Wade, but sets up a court challenge that some hope will overturn Roe (given Bush's recent Supreme Court appointments). This is why it's so important to fight for fair Supreme Court nominees (not to mention the guy who appoints them).

[mimitabby]

Planned Parenthood is one of the charities i donate to. The united states is being steered by a religious extreme which is almost as extreme as the Al Quaeda guys.
Most Americans are not happy about this..

[Lenusik]

All these bans and anti-abortion laws make me sick. I've on BC pills for two years before we decided to have a baby. And it made our lives so much mor comfortable. But with all these regulations, can you imagine how many women will suffer. How many of them will hurt themselves because someone refused them a next morning pill? How many will by drugs illegally? How many will go to other countries to get what they rightfully should get? Will these state and nation governments ever understand what they are doing?

[chickwhorips]

thats the scary thing. there is going to be alot of "bootleg pills" out there if places won't fill the Rx. the price is high anyhow if you don't have insurance for a pack of pills and will only go up if people can't get them filled.

when i was talking to my np the other day she said it made her sick when her clinic would get the pills for $0.50 a pack and turn around and sell them for $20.00. can you just imagin how much more it would go up.

my pills are covered under my insurance. i mail them to caremark and they are filled 3 packs at a time for $10. i'm VERY happy for that one.