The Catholic Crunch

Birth control's role in the new healthcare system

   As a daily reader of Jezebel, one of the most popular feminist blogs out there, I find their articles dealing with birth control especially interesting, yet disheartening. This one talks about the Catholic Church's constant intervention in making birth control available to all young women, despite their reason for taking it. I always found it extremely ironic that the group who is most strongly against abortion is also vehemently opposed to birth control. John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center, even went as far as to say,

"We think there are other ways to avoid having children than by ingesting chemicals paid for by health insurance." Sure, because there is no better way to keep women subordinated than by strapping them with children they can't care for. Secondly, since when can one religion control the lifestyle choices for the rest of the population? The last time I checked, I am not mandated to be a member of their choice, or participate in their doctrine. In a world where Islam is quickly gaining power and momentum throughout the world, it is natural that the Pope would want as many little Catholic babes as possible, but as the same Catholic conservatives rally for the end of the Welfare system and legalized abortion, they are simply continuing the same cycle that they are chastising. Furthermore, it is lovely that they ignore the fact that millions take contraception not as a form of birth control, but as a cure for conditions such as horrendously painful menstrual cycles and Cystic Ovarian Disorder. After all, although Medicaid covers prescriptions such as Viagra, it is surely only being used by married men having monogamous relationships with their devout wives as they attempt to produce beautiful Catholic babies.... right? Amight?? Setting blinders to national problems has never worked before, and I would suggest the Catholic church deal with their own issues before attempting to control the lives of Americans. That's what lobbyists are for!