I notice we've been getting a lot of postings of obviously right-wing commentators' remarks lately on this list...
These activists secured a victory Tuesday when the Massachusetts Board
of Registration in Pharmacy unanimously decided that Wal-Mart
pharmacies in the state must carry and dispense the morning-after pill
Plan B.
Folks, In the absence of a free market in medicine, the religious right is eagerly teaming up with their allies that control the distribution of medicine to advance their oppressive social agenda. Hiding behind the rhetoric of free markets doesn't fool anyone.
These "activists" recognize what is going on and given the present reality (not the libertarian ideal), should be commended on their victory.
I will be posting a message soon describing the plan that the religious right is using to roll back our reproductive freedoms back to the 1950's - including contraception.
The "pro-life" mvoement is not about reducing abortions -- that's just a propaganda ploy. It's all about asserting imperial control over the bodies of all Americans in the name of god. Those who are resisting should be commended and supported by freedom-loving people like us not reviled as "radical feminists".
The National Organization for Women sent out a similar,
shrill email Wednesday: "No woman at risk for unintended pregnancy, be
it the result of sexual assault or a broken condom, should be turned
away by Wal-Mart and forced to find another pharmacy while the clock
is ticking."
A statement that's hard to disagree with.
Ah, so now women have a right to emergency contraception at any
pharmacy of their choice. This precedent should disturb proponents of
free markets and small government.
Proponents of free markets and small government should be working toward a free market in medicine, where any woman can order a bottle of EC pills direct from the manufacturer asnd keep them handy in her medicine cabinet, without prescription or intervention by meddlesome pharmacists.
I know there are pro-life types on this list. So let's ask them: Would they be willing to work toward this happy state of affairs? Or would they prefer to keep an exception to the free market that allows EC to be regulated by government?
In the present, imperfect system, everyone will have to decide whether they consider the economic freedom of Wal-mart or the reproductive freedom of women (and men) is the higher value.
-DG