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GoCubsGo

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8. There is also a significant portion who need it for medical issues.

Reply to Freddie (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 7, 2017, 10:53 AM

Oct 2017

Birth control pills are used to treat menstrual cramps, polycystic ovarian disease, endometriosis, and a wide spate of other problems.

I can only hope that I'll live to see single-payer health care, so that we no longer have to deal with this kind of bullshit. What a fucked-up country this is.

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Trump Admin opposes employer mandate for borth control because.... [View all] brooklynite Oct 2017 OP

Repubs have their irony detectors removed before running... Wounded Bear Oct 2017 #1

Yeah, no shit. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #9

Looking forward to the Texas teenage birth rate going through the roof dhol82 Oct 2017 #2

This makes me want to scream genxlib Oct 2017 #3

I thought risky sexual behavior was a substitute for military service. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2017 #4

Mother made him. GeorgeGist Oct 2017 #5

Its like theyre stuck in a time warp and cant think past 1969 Docreed2003 Oct 2017 #6

The majority of birth control users Freddie Oct 2017 #7

There is also a significant portion who need it for medical issues. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #8

I can imagine (hope) they'll carve out an exception for "medical reasons" Freddie Oct 2017 #12

Don't bet on it. GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #13

Yeah, all those teenagers are going to run out and have sex because GoCubsGo Oct 2017 #10

Each child birth, above the norm, adds upwards of $300K to local and state taxes resident pay. TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #11