"I wandered through fiction to look for the truth." -Author Unknown

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Obama holds the line on birth control

This article caught my eye because almost all I hear about from politicians these days is whether or not birth control is right. I personally don't know why it's such a big issue all of a sudden, or if it's always been a big issue and I've just been clueless about it. Either way, I think the conflict over birth control has to end. If women, or men for that matter, want to be on birth control, let them be. What's the big deal? Apparently that's the way Obama feels too. His adminastration recently announced that antiabortion groups that wanted to be exempt from a law making birth control a neccessary insurance coverage won't be getting the "wider exemption" they desire.

This article wasn't really a persuasive one, it was more about how the author's personal views on birth control were backed up by Obama's administration. It probably appealed strongest to pathos, considering I'm sure there were plenty of women who read the article. Ultimately it was a good article and although it was more about celebrating the administration's decision, I still enjoyed reading it.

2 comments:

  1. I haven't heard much at all about birth control...I feel like it hasn't really been controversial for awhile, but I guess that's not true.

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  2. i didnt realize that birth control was such a big problem...it seems like such a personal decision should not be a political problem

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