Somehow, I don’t think this one will surprise many people who read my blog, but I received this article entitled Health Overhaul May Bring Free Birth Control from Prolifepharmacy.com on my Facebook. It came from NPR, but I was hoping that it was actually from The Onion. Like I said, I’m not surprised that this is on someone’s agenda. The most telling quote was from Dr. David Grimes at UNC:
Contraception rivals immunization in dollars saved for every dollar invested. Spacing out children allows for optimal pregnancies and optimal child rearing. Contraception is a prototype of preventive medicine.
This guy is an Ob/Gyn. Does he think pregnancy is an illness? We might, as a society, save money, but for what purpose. Fortunately, the USCCB has weighed in on this. Hopefully, our upcoming election will boot the promoters of this nonsense out of office.