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In a horrendous decision today, the Trump administration rolled back the Affordable Care Act requirement that all employers offer insurance plans that cover contraception. Let's be absolutely clear. This is nothing less than sexism. It is an assault on womens health and the latest display of Republicans total disdain for womens ability to control their own bodies and lives. President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated how little respect he has for women. This is just more of the same. We cannot go back to the days when women did not have full access to birth control because of their income status. The decision to use contraception is one for women and their doctors to make, not their employers. Despite the administrations destructive efforts, we will not stop fighting for womens rights and full reproductive justice. - Bernie Sanders 10/6/2017
Well stated
Wounded Bear
(58,696 posts)Beartracks
(12,821 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)I'm not going to bother trying to get the on to change his mind because that's a loosing battle, but he claims to always treat women equally with men, so if he's pissed off a lot of women with little trick of his, lets see him play fair and stop covering Viagra too.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)If you wake up and find yourself at high altitude, Viagra can save your life!
Is Viagra a Legitimate Cure for Altitude Sickness?: https://www.accessrx.com/blog/erectile-dysfunction/viagra/is-viagra-a-legitimate-cure-for-altitude-sickness/
Sure, there are studies that contradict these findings, but when you wake up at 15,000' and are about to die, you are going to wish you had a handful of Viagra.
napi21
(45,806 posts)the women it wouldn't be covered by insurance. I'm just looking for equality!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)When you consider that women can start on BC when they are teenagers and continue using it till menopause. That's a long time, and it's daily for the pill. Men take Viagra "when needed" before sex. That doesn't sound like nearly as many pills to take. And it's strange to think that this is daily life for women. It's not just anti-baby; it's for regulating hormones, too.
BTW: I do hope you realized I was being completely sarcastic in my first post. I wanted to point out the ridiculousness of comparing the necessity of BC to the want of Viagra.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)is where I can "set the bar" as far as what I can expect (or not expect) of him. I can just put my head down and spread my cheeks and look like a MAGA patriot.
lovemydogs
(575 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)Heavy menstruation and cramps are other medical conditions that can be remedied by using birth control pills.
It's getting to the point where people might have to be creative in how they are requested.
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/7-other-uses-birth-control-pills