My Doctor's Assassination Attempt

Ladies, I'm not sure if you're aware of this or not, but there's important information I need to share with you.

The pill...kills.

Really. It apparently does.

On Saturday, June 6, pro-lifers across the country will be participating in the largest protest ever against the birth control pill and other birth control products. Last year, participants across the United States shared the facts on exactly how the pill kills babies. This year, we will expose the sordid details surrounding the tragic effects these chemicals have on women. We will emphasize the truth about how the pill kills women.

It sprouts little arms and legs, carries a knife, and attacks you in your sleep. They're murderous little bastards. Once, one of mine popped out the package, grabbed a gun, and killed my toddler. It was horrible. The pill must be stopped!

In all seriousness for a moment, this is why there will never be any common ground between anti-choicers and sane people. Because these people are fucking nuts.

Now, my joke above is not making light of the fact that there are side effects to the pill that impact women negatively (like ALL medications). Yes, women can develop blood clots and possible die in a small percentage who take the pill. But it sickens me that these anti-choicers are exploiting tragic deaths to spread lies and misinformation.

I completely feel that women (and men) should be demanding more contraceptive options and safer forms of hormonal birth control. But that's not what these people want--if they did, the FIRST annual "Batshit Crazy People Protest the Pill" Day wouldn't have been about saving teh tiny baybez!!!11!!

You really need to read the talking points on the website. Apparently if you're married, you have to have babies, and the right to privacy doesn't exist.

Now, what I'm curious about...what about the women who take the pill to better guarantee their ability to conceive at a later date? Don't get me wrong--I dislike taking hormonal birth control. But my option is either that, or a heightened risk of developing uterine and ovarian cancer at a young age, leaving me unable to have children...um...hm...what should I pick? (Oh, it's the latter, right? Because it's the Sky Bully's will. Well, as usual, he and his followers can go fuck themselves.)

One final note: did anyone else think that the chicks in the rotating images at the top of the website all look like they would be more at home in orange prison jump suits?