IOM Panel Urges Mandatory Contraception Coverage

[mr_spivens]

Various news outlets have reported on the Institute of Medicine's recommendations to Kathleen Sibelious, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, about what should be covered under the new health care bill.

NYTimes: "The (Obama) administration asked the Institute of Medicine, a nonpartisan, nongovernmental arm of the National Academy

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[erunamiryene]

Catholic bishops and other religious and social conservatives say pregnancy is a healthy condition and the government should not require insurance coverage of drugs and other methods that prevent it

I'll care what the fuck you think when YOU CAN FUCKING GET PREGNANT. (I'd bet that 99.9999% of these "religious and social conservatives are fucking men, who can't get pregnant, won't get pregnant, and can fucking walk away IF THEY DON'T WANT A FUCKING BABY. So fuck you, your opinion is less than shit to me.)

[poetic_pixie_13]

Trolololololo, I'm sure pregnancy was just a basket of laughs and sunshine for you, bb. Anyone who complains is probably just a ~delicate female~

[erunamiryene]

Fuck yeah, I love not being able to reach my shoes to tie them, especially when they were combat boots! Weight gain and stretch marks and no clothes that fit is especially fun, but being too tired to play with my other kids is definitely the winner, though! :D

Also, I'd love to watch some religious dude call me a "delicate female" to my face. The aftermath would be hilarious. XD

[poetic_pixie_13]

And I'm sure after your gave birth your body just went back to normal!

Haha, oh god. I'd love to watch. From a distance.

[erunamiryene]

Are you kidding? I ran a marathon, baked a pie, cleaned my house, painted my white picket fence, and supported my husband - who is of course my provider and the head of my household and spiritual life and well-being, without whom I would never, ever make it through this mean, horrible world - the day I got home from the hospital! Only weenies need things like post-partum recovery.

Last time I got something that dumb to my face was my doctor telling me that I had to have, and I quote, "a permission slip from your husband saying you're allowed to have your tubes tied". I'm like, "motherfucker, I'm fucking 24 years old, and this is my second child, AND I'm a goddamn US Marine, and you're telling me I need a fucking MAN'S PERMISSION to get my tubes tied?" Yeah, pretty much, that's exactly what he was saying, because I never got my note and they wouldn't fix me. /eyeroll

[vanillakokakola]

WHAT. THE FUCK. HOW WAS THAT LEGAL. HOW ARE YOU NOT A BAJILLIONAIRE BECAUSE OF A LAWSUIT

[erunamiryene]

I was active duty, and there are about twelve million hoops when it comes to lawsuits and anything dealing with the military (it was at a base hospital and he was a navy dude). Plus I was dealing with a 3 year old and a newborn and my husband being deployed and being active duty, and I just couldn't fit anything else on my plate at the time. I probably should have, but just ... yeah, couldn't do it.

[tigerdreams]

Good to know that military hospitals haven't gotten any better about women's health since I was born, I guess. They refused to give my mother an ultrasound during her pregnancy, even when she said she thought something was wrong ("You've never been pregnant before, so how would you know?") -- which would have told them that I was tucked under the pelvic bone and wasn't coming out without a caesarian. They let her continue in labor for well over 24 hours before somebody finally realized that it was emergency surgery time. Nearly killed us both.

[romp]

Glad you guess made it! Listening to women is a rarely practiced skill. :(

[salienne]

Yeah, pretty much, that's exactly what he was saying, because I never got my note and they wouldn't fix me. /eyeroll

...jfc seriously? I hate this country.

[sephirajo]

I just have to ask, how much of that guy was left? Because I think I would've tried to kill him, and I'm not even a marine.

[erunamiryene]

I was too tired, being 9 months pregnant with a deployed husband and a 3 year old, to do anything. He got lucky. XD

My friends got some world-class rants out of it, though.

[sephirajo]

Heh, luckier than he deserved, anyway. XD

And yeah, I bet. That's seriously messed up and rant worthy.

[thevelvetsun]

Whatttt?! That can't be legal.

[poetic_pixie_13]

WAT WAT WAT?

Fuck that bullshit. Motherfucking douchecanoe.

[erunamiryene]

Yep, because "what if he wants more kids?" THEN *HE* CAN FUCKING GET PREGNANT, ASSHOLE. Doc didn't like that answer. XD