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Neoma

(10,039 posts) Sun Apr 15, 2012, 06:31 PM Apr 2012

Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda

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Melinda Gates: Let's put birth control back on the agenda (Original Post) Neoma Apr 2012 OP

Can't get the video to play Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #1

Me too. videos don't play for me but if she wants an open & informing discussion on birth control I applegrove Apr 2012 #2

That's because, unlike the base of the Republican Party Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #3

I liked her answer to the question, what would her former teachers (Catholic nuns) think pacalo Apr 2012 #4

I liked her answer to that question as well! Kath1 Apr 2012 #5

Melinda seems to have focused on the right priorities of her religious teachings. pacalo Apr 2012 #6

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

1. Can't get the video to play

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 07:15 PM

Apr 2012

But I think I agree with her.

applegrove

(123,295 posts)

2. Me too. videos don't play for me but if she wants an open & informing discussion on birth control I

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 08:26 PM

Apr 2012

agree.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

3. That's because, unlike the base of the Republican Party

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 08:56 PM

Apr 2012

she realizes it's not the 16th century.

pacalo

(24,738 posts)

4. I liked her answer to the question, what would her former teachers (Catholic nuns) think

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 10:35 PM

Apr 2012

about her TED talk -- will they see it, will they be horrified?

Melinda said she knows the nuns who taught her are going to see the TED talk because she's going to send the video to them.

"They were incredibly progressive & I hope that they will be proud of me for living out what they had taught us about social justice & service."

Kath1

(4,309 posts)

5. I liked her answer to that question as well!

Reply to pacalo (Reply #4)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 05:40 AM

Apr 2012

I've been away from the Church for years but I think it is great to see a practicing Catholic, especially one as influential as her, speaking out on this issue.

"They were incredibly progressive & I hope that they will be proud of me for living out what they had taught us about social justice & service." Very well-said.

pacalo

(24,738 posts)

6. Melinda seems to have focused on the right priorities of her religious teachings.

Reply to Kath1 (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 08:27 AM

Apr 2012

When one's priorities are put in the correct order, everything else falls into place, morally speaking.

If a woman doesn't want a lot of children, she has a right to decide for herself. As Melinda pointed out, men in African countries generally like to have a lot of children. The problem is, the women's chances of getting contraceptives is a hit & miss situation. Many women have to walk miles to get them, but they are available only sporadically.

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