This week in the War on Women: What a great week to be a slut

[Playinghardball]

Despite the rending of garments, filing of lawsuits, protests and demonstrations and even threats of violence, something amazing happened this week:


Beginning today, up to 47 million women may be eligible to get free access to preventive health care services as that provision of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act goes into effect.

Ladies, we have health care. We have basic, preventive, life-saving, life-changing health care:
Well-woman visits
Gestational diabetes screening
HPV DNA testing
STI counseling
HIV screening and counseling
Contraception and contraceptive counseling
Breastfeeding support, supplies, and counseling
Interpersonal and domestic violence screening and counseling

It's not everything. It's not perfect. It doesn't help every single American woman who currently doesn't have affordable access to health care. But those of us who are fortunate enough to have health insurance are now guaranteed access to and coverage of these very basic, very good-for-us-ladies care, including, yup, those sweet, sweet slut pills (aka, contraception) that we all like, most of us use at some point in our lives, and can (as the video above from the Guttmacher Institute explains) make all the difference in the world for us to control our own bodies, our own reproduction, and our own lives. It's better for us, and it's better for our families. In fact, it's better for everyone.

As our vice president would say, it's a big fucking deal.

More at: http://www.dailykos.com/

[Heather MC]

1. I just got my Husband fixed spaded neutored and de-flea-ed just to be on the safe side.

I think the Gov should give out Free Vasectomy's if they repeal the ACA
and eliminate Viagra
that would cut down on unwanted pregnancies

[freshwest]

2. Sounds fair, but since the government is buckling under churches, they should pay.

[King_Klonopin]

3. Lady Parts now belong to ladies, no longer subject to public domain.

We can make this issue go away very easily...

Pass legislation (The Baby Daddy Bill) mandating that the biological father / pro-creator of any zygote, embryo, fetus, child shall be legally, financially and parentally responsible for any and all of his offspring.

Before the advent of DNA testing, it was not possible to prove paternity beyond a reasonable doubt. Now it is possible.
And even if a man admits to fathering a child, there is no civil law holding him responsible for the care of that child -- the burden of parenting still falls on the woman (AKA the slut)

Let's see how many men would fight against contraception, Planned Parenthood, and abortion rights if they were
faced with the burden of actually providing the care for the children they produced.
Conversely, let's see how many men would squeal that a law like this would violate their right to privacy. Too bad DNA testing is done by swab of the cheek mucosa instead of an intra-penile probe, then they would really understand the meaning of "violated rights of privacy".

[Scuba]

4. Good post. Welcome to DU.

[qwlauren35]

5. Ummm... not crazy about your title...

But the film is AWESOME. Just linked it in facebook. Thank you VERY MUCH for posting it.

K&R

[HopeHoops]

6. That was simple and very well put together. It was ALSO referenced! That's unusual.