Originally Posted by Lilith

I was watching the Republican debate recently Lou especially to find out how the different candidates feel about women's health care issues. One politician mentioned that in the effort to end abortions it is the doctors who should be held criminally accountable. Knowing that many of the Religious Right are also against the morning after pill, it frightens me that if certain people are put in a position of power they may try to make it a crime for a doctor to prescribe this medication.

Lou, I spent my youth in a very large city but as a young teen was thrust into a very rural life in a small town with only 1000 citizens, a blinking yellow light, 3 jiffy stores, eventually 1 pharmacy and 2 restaurants. More of my female classmates had children prior to graduation than I could even believe. Lack of information, contraceptives, and medical care can often = unwanted pregnancies = low birthweight babies = developmental disabilities = me never being out of a job. I just think we can do better.