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[unbibium]

So I hear that they've invented a male birth control pill. Awesome, I think. This'll give men the opportunity to take some initiative, and prevent all the pregnancies caused by selfish losers who won't wear a condom.

But not in America, because Bush is going to fill the FDA with Jesus freaks, including a Dr. W. David Hager, who "appears to have endorsed the medically inaccurate assertion that the common birth control pill is an abortifacient." Common consensus is that his first target will be the RU-486 emergency contraceptive, though it's a safe bet that he'll dismiss the male birth control pill as being "anti-family."

mezdeathhead is vectoring a petition that invites you to spread the word to anyone who cares about women's rights, and E-mail the President. I seriously doubt he'll read a single one of them, nor would it sway him it every woman in America e-mailed him. If Jesus can trump scientific facts in the mind of a scientist, then he can trump voters in the mind of a politician who would hire such a scientist, and who got the bright idea to confine protesters to "free speech zones" where they can't spoil his fun.

I'm looking for an alternative. If mez's post is to be believed, then Congress can't stop him. Is there anyone who can?

Comments

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Which do you think has more money: the Christian Coalition or the drug companies?

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

The drug company wouldn't have spent the money to develop it if they didn't think they could survive the controversy it could bring, and also sell enough at a market price to make up the cost.

This is, of course, why drug companies aren't developing AIDS medications.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Uh, they aren't?

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Most drugs don't cost 10% of one's earnings. And drug companies pay at least some taxes.