...and it was drafted by a woman...

[delphipsmith]

A proposed law in Arizona would apparently allow ANY employer, not just religious-affiliated institutions, to deny contraception coverage and possibly even fire female workers for using birth control pills for a "non-medical" purpose. The Republican-backed (oooh, color ME surprised) HB 2625 bill would allow bosses to ask female employees whether they are using contraception and request proof they are using the pills for non-sexual reasons, if the employer is morally or ethically or religiously opposed to...well, to sex, I guess. It doesn't mention any exemption if you're married, meaning it can't be premarital sex they object to, so it must just be sex in general. WTF???

I really don't understand what's going on around here. How can anyone not think this is absolutely nuts? And why can't the GOP go back to focusing on the economy and leave all this moral stuff to people's individual consciences???

There's more here and here, if you can stomach it.

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[ennyousai.livejournal.com]

The weirdest part of it was the argument that, "We don't live in the Soviet Union, therefore we must interrogate women about how they use contraception!" What the fuck?!?!?!? If anyone tried to use that argument in any kind of academic paper, it would be a FAILURE. Because it makes no goddamn sense.

[delphipsmith]

I know! Is that loopy or what? But I've noticed that people favoring these laws are always long on emotion and short on logic...