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2016 Postmortem

DCKit

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5. Affordable, accessible birth control eliminates many abortions.

Reply to renie408 (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 8, 2012, 12:42 PM

Feb 2012

Even greater access and affordability would decrease the numbers even further.

They don't have a leg to stand on in this "fight", and they know it. Unfortunately (for them) the only other issue they have is "Teh Gay", and they already got their asses handed to them on that one this week.

Obama's playing rope-a-dope again, and he's got some epic dopes to play with.

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Birth-control fight unlikely to hurt Obama, his strategists say [View all] bemildred Feb 2012 OP

Although the Church would never admit it Drale Feb 2012 #1

Rome knows this. Ikonoklast Feb 2012 #14

I agree. 77% of Americans are for abortion to some degree and many more... renie408 Feb 2012 #2

Many Catholics are against abortion but favor a womens right to choose. demosincebirth Feb 2012 #3

Prev. thread, same issue: bemildred Feb 2012 #4

Affordable, accessible birth control eliminates many abortions. DCKit Feb 2012 #5

My question about this treestar Feb 2012 #6

Cost is not the issue, availability is the issue. nt bemildred Feb 2012 #7

But who uses insurance to cover the cost? treestar Feb 2012 #8

Indeed, whom could it be? nt bemildred Feb 2012 #13

It's not astronomical, but it is significant. Especially to low-income people jeff47 Feb 2012 #9

Bingo. This recession has hit us HARD. renie408 Feb 2012 #11

Well, that was my question as well - how many people does this affect and what K Gardner Feb 2012 #12

Yes, it doesn't seem amenable to insurance treestar Feb 2012 #15

methinks they know that the jig is up Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #18

98% of Catholic women use birth control jeff47 Feb 2012 #10

I thnk that is true. I mean really - even most "pro-lifers" support birth control Douglas Carpenter Feb 2012 #16

My question Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2012 #17