Think Humanely

Yesterday I wrote about the callous Stupak-Pitts Amendment to the health care reform bill that was passed by the Democratically controlled House of Representatives. Here is a video from the Center for Reproductive Rights that helps underscore some of the incoherent tragedy of the legislation:

Let us not forget some of the other procedures, conditions, and medications that will and will not be covered by the bill. Birth control pills? Not included. So not only will it be made dramatically more difficult for women to find funding for an abortion, the easiest, most efficient, and safest method for preventing a situation that could possibly lead to an abortion – birth control – will not be covered either. The people over at DoubleX note that “Women who use it have lower rates of infant and child mortality, more time to nurse their children, and a smaller likelihood of high-risk pregnancies and anemia.” It’s as if all these men in Congress have some Machiavellian plan to increase the number of unwanted, diseased newborns.

This would certainly explain why one of the medications that this horrible bill does cover is Viagra. Fuck you, ladies! – figuratively and literally. You may not be able to protect yourself from unwanted pregnancies or do anything about one, but any and all males can still ensure that they’re hard enough to inseminate you. All the unsatisfied wives of Stupak, Pitts, and their equally filthy ilk are sure to rejoice at this news, as are the remaining 160 million women in this country.