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Colorado has been offering free birth control for 5 years, and it works. (Original Post) 634-5789 Jan 2022 OP
How about that??? It really works. Of course it does. CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2022 #1
I absolutely agree with doing this. Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #2
A little more on this subject.... GeoWilliam750 Jan 2022 #3
repukes will say it "encourages sex" Skittles Jan 2022 #4
Small-minded people are often enraged GeoWilliam750 Jan 2022 #5
Not with them.. raising2moredems Jan 2022 #7
Abortions down by 42%. The Pro-Lifers must be ecstatic. Girard442 Jan 2022 #6

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,078 posts)
1. How about that??? It really works. Of course it does.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 04:57 PM
Jan 2022

Women want to have control over their reproductive rights. It's not a surprise at all.

We are rational, intelligent creatures who have the right to control if and when we have offspring.

This offering of free birth control should not only be available here in these United States, but all over the world. I know--fat chance!

It would solve so many problems.

Thank you for posting this, my dear 634-5789!

You might consider posting this in GD.

Haggard Celine

(17,022 posts)
2. I absolutely agree with doing this.
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 04:59 PM
Jan 2022

The amount that the State of Colorado is saving more than makes up for the expenditure of providing birth control, I'm sure. The federal government benefits too. I think we should provide abortions as well, but that would be too controversial to pass. Maybe one day. But the federal government could give lots of money to Planned Parenthood so they could open more clinics and provide a variety of birth control methods. It would be great for women as well as the rest of the taxpayers.

GeoWilliam750

(2,540 posts)
5. Small-minded people are often enraged
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 07:43 PM
Jan 2022

That somebody else is getting something that the small-minded people are not

raising2moredems

(706 posts)
7. Not with them..
Thu Jan 20, 2022, 11:00 PM
Jan 2022

And that is why they dislike reproductive rights. Plus selling babies ("adoption&quot these days is quite profitable. But demand is high and supply is low yet children languish in foster care.

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