Would you vote for a candidate who supports outlawing hormonal birth control?

Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
I haven't been on birth control for a long time, but that shouldn't be an issue and shouldn't be made into a law. What do they want a bunch of hurting women on their hands. B.C. is not just for preventing pregnancies a lot of women have to have them for helping level out their hormones to prevent other issues.
01/27/2012
Contributor: SexyStuff SexyStuff
That would be ridiculous, so no.
01/27/2012
Contributor: Eliza Eliza
It scares me to even think that this is an issue...
01/27/2012
Contributor: eeep eeep
I think the idea of outlawing it complete bs. I take hormonal bc, but not for the purpose of birth control. I have PCOS and it helps regulate my hormones, which otherwise are out of whack and cause all sorts of physical problems including painful cysts that burst. To outlaw something that helps people in so many ways, and for many reasons aside from a contraceptive is ridiculous.
01/27/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
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Originally posted by idunshire
It's such an ignorant thing to stand for, I would never vote for that candidate.
Agreed!
01/27/2012
Contributor: Jaimes Jaimes
I don't know off the top of my head which candidate you are referring to; however, while this is an issue that they may support, there is ZERO chance in hell that it would ever get passed. Ever. So while I may disagree, I'm going to be checking out what I feel about the policies that they DO have a chance of passing. I'm never going to completely agree on everything with ANY other human being, much less one politician out of 4.

Why should I get stuck on one opinion, when there isn't a chance it will come to fruition? I may in the end strongly agree with their stance on matters that do have a chance of being passed. It is possible to hold two contradictory thoughts in one mind.
01/27/2012
Contributor: Brandon Lee Brandon Lee
This is the difference between political theory, and politics. This is a discussion for political theory people. Coffee house discussions about what rights people should and should not have in a free society, vs. protecting the general public, kids, the future.
But as far as election this is not a discussion to be included in politics. Politicians would not touch this and it would never enter their conscious to walk into such a mine field.
I am going to hanger my answer with Shakespeare, "all things without remedy should be with out regard."
01/27/2012
Contributor: garnet garnet
Absolutely not.
02/09/2012
Contributor: Roz W Roz W
Brandon: this is not a theoretical discussion. Politicians are "touching" it, and proving incredible ignorance re: women's health.
02/10/2012
Contributor: Liz2 Liz2
No way!! But I believe the Republican issue is to have women to pay for hormonal birth control themselves and not from prescription insurance.
02/10/2012
Contributor: ~LaUr3n~ ~LaUr3n~
Fuck no. It's religious argument. I wish I could vote for a sane atheist.
02/10/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Ms. Spice
John Boener, the speaker of the House. Plus a lot of other members in Congress. google it.
Boner? He is out of touch with normal, middle class and poor Americans. You know if hormonal BC was outlawed, it would go underground, the abortion rate would skyrocket and it would make criminals out of women (women, of course) who only want to control their fertility or control menstruation issues.

What kind of an out of touch idjit would refuse to allow women to control what goes on IN their own bodies? Sheesh.

Never in a billion million years would I vote for someone who believes in attempting to force women to become pregnant when they don't want to.
02/10/2012
Contributor: P'Gell P'Gell
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Originally posted by Liz2
No way!! But I believe the Republican issue is to have women to pay for hormonal birth control themselves and not from prescription insurance.
But, of course these Republican white men would still have insurance cover their boner pills? Of course it would, they'd riot in the streets if that were taken away.

(And in my opinion, ED meds should be just as available as hormonal BC. Somebody is catching all that semen. )
02/10/2012
Contributor: PeachieClean PeachieClean
No way! Hormonal birth control is used to treat so many things other than just stopping pregnancy... Why would you get rid of something so helpful?
02/11/2012
Contributor: spineyogurt spineyogurt
Never heard of this issue lol
02/11/2012
Contributor: Mia Fey Mia Fey
Hell to the NO! I can't believe we are still arguing about this in 2012. Thanks Republicans for re-igniting the culture wars, rational thought is still winning though. Don't even get me started on the shenanigans going on in Catholic hospitals around the nation. Denying access to birth control is wrong for any reason since each individual should be in charge of what they want to put or not put into their body. The "personhood" amendments are garbage and thank goodness the reddest state out there didn't even pass it or I would have screamed.
02/11/2012
Contributor: snuggly snuggly
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Originally posted by Rawhide
I'm not a single issue voter, and yes, this election will be mostly determined by economic policy issues. But could you vote for someone who supports (or claims to support) "personhood" laws that would make hormonal birth control illegal?
I haven't heard anyone endorse outlawing birth control on either side.
02/11/2012
Contributor: RonLee RonLee
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Originally posted by snuggly
I haven't heard anyone endorse outlawing birth control on either side.
I kind of suspect that this thread was put up as a "straw man" to raise righteous indignation against the usual suspects on this kind of topic.
02/12/2012
Contributor: tigerbabie114 tigerbabie114
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Originally posted by Rawhide
I'm not a single issue voter, and yes, this election will be mostly determined by economic policy issues. But could you vote for someone who supports (or claims to support) "personhood" laws that would make hormonal birth control illegal?
hell no!
02/13/2012
Contributor: vampyroteuthidae vampyroteuthidae
Never.
02/14/2012
Contributor: loveshocks loveshocks
Definitely not.

I'm not in the US, where abortion laws and birth control seems to be brought up a lot more during elections, but I wouldn't support it either way. It's time to go forwards, not backwards.
02/14/2012
Contributor: Kitka Kitka
Hell no! Just seems idiotic to me.
02/14/2012
Contributor: dhig dhig
no way
02/14/2012
Contributor: queerasfuck queerasfuck
Who would even say yes to this one?
03/04/2012
Contributor: sweetcuppincakes sweetcuppincakes
Absolutely not.
03/04/2012
Contributor: Incendiaire Incendiaire
Maybe if I owned a big stake in a condom company, and was looking to cash in on the increased demand.

Seriously though, no. I don't think that hormonal birth control is the best way to go, as it doesn't do anything to prevent STDs, and it messes with what traits women look for in a significant other, but everyone should have the choice to make on their own, without some self-righteous politician trying to control what they do.
03/04/2012
Contributor: PurpleCat23 PurpleCat23
A lot of people need hormonal birth control to help with cramping, mood swings, even keeping ovarian cysts under control. To outlaw it would be denying citizens adequate health care. Plus, more women might have to miss work due to illness. The decrease in productivity would cost companies money, not to mention missing that pay. People can't afford that.
03/16/2012
Contributor: Tammi Longbottom Tammi Longbottom
Can't take my little magic pills away!
03/18/2012
Contributor: Caus Caus
Definitely not.
03/22/2012
Contributor: garnet garnet
ABSOLUTELY not
04/01/2012