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doxydad

(1,363 posts)
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:19 AM Jun 2014

DAILY DUMBASS: GOP Lawmaker wants to ban IUDs because he thinks it’s a form of abortion

One of the most effective birth control methods, which allows many low income women to have sex without getting pregnant, is at risk of being banned.

[The measure] would institute a sweeping ban on insurance coverage for abortion in state residents’ public and private health plans. Restricting women’s ability to use their insurance plans to pay for abortion is becoming an increasingly popular anti-choice strategy — and Ohio’s proposed legislation may actually go even further. The measure would also make it harder for low-income women to afford the most effective form of birth control.

House Bill 351, which was the subject of a committee hearing on Tuesday, seeks to prohibit insurance plans from covering “drugs or devices used to prevent the implantation of a fertilized ovum.” That definition effectively bans several types of contraception, like the birth control pill and the IUD.

The bill’s sponsor, Rep. John Becker, says an IUD is a form of abortion, but then basically admits he has no idea what he’s talking about: “This is just a personal view. I’m not a medical doctor,” he said.

http://freakoutnation.com/2014/06/06/gop-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-iuds-because-he-thinks-its-a-form-of-abortion/
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DAILY DUMBASS: GOP Lawmaker wants to ban IUDs because he thinks it’s a form of abortion (Original Post) doxydad Jun 2014 OP
frightening Rider3 Jun 2014 #1
I will keep saying this until these morans listen.... all american girl Jun 2014 #2
They should maybe be banned for their health risks....but not because they are not effective cbdo2007 Jun 2014 #3
IUDs are very safe Freddie Jun 2014 #4
The current designs are quite safe. LeftyMom Jun 2014 #6
All these women hating idiots need a psychiatrist and out of politics newfie11 Jun 2014 #5
If you have no idea what you are talking about, get justhanginon Jun 2014 #7

Rider3

(919 posts)
1. frightening
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 09:31 AM
Jun 2014

Giving advice on a topic of which he has no knowledge. Too bad there will be many people agreeing with this dolt. Scary stuff.

all american girl

(1,788 posts)
2. I will keep saying this until these morans listen....
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:04 AM
Jun 2014

If you have no idea how the girly bits works, don't make laws about the girly bit. Get a brain morans.......

cbdo2007

(9,213 posts)
3. They should maybe be banned for their health risks....but not because they are not effective
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 10:47 AM
Jun 2014

in preventing pregnancy or because some idiot thinks they are a form of abortion.

Freddie

(9,231 posts)
4. IUDs are very safe
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 11:00 AM
Jun 2014

The ones in the 1970s had a design flaw that led to frequent infections, the current ones are very safe, probably safer than the Pill.
My daughter had a Mirena hormonal IUD and loved it; totally effective, brain-free and with the delightful side effect of little or no periods. She had it removed so she could get pregnant again. Just had her 2nd child and she intends to get another one as soon as she can, it's safe for breast-feeding too. She told me she's done having kids but the Mirena is better than getting her tubes tied because it cures her painful periods.

newfie11

(8,159 posts)
5. All these women hating idiots need a psychiatrist and out of politics
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 11:30 AM
Jun 2014
They've got a not so repressed hate for women.
Women that don't get pregnant by themselves. Where's the hate for the father of these babies.
These idiots don't want to pay for the raising/education of these children.
They are psychotic and should not be making laws for this country!

justhanginon

(3,287 posts)
7. If you have no idea what you are talking about, get
Fri Jun 6, 2014, 12:58 PM
Jun 2014

a damn book and read up on it, maybe even talk to a lady doctor so at least you have a basic idea of what it is you're proposing. You are either extremely stupid or incredibly lazy. Neither of which makes you qualified to represent your constituents. I pity them.

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