Well there it is hillary girls so before you go off voting for mccain out of spite i strongly suggest you do your research on mccain and his voting record when it comes to woman i did and i think you will be having second thoughts!!!obama08

How shameful for him. I wont be voting for McCain, but Obama has not won me over either. I am truly undecided right now.

Don't you think the delay in answering was because he didn't know what she was talking about. Birth control in his world is the rhythm method.

seah
Birth control is not only used to prevent pregnancies

Let's see - one of the headlines today was the Idiot in the White House wanted to declare most forms of contraception (used by women) as ABORTION. Stupidest president ever, bar none...

I worked for Planned Parenthood, Chicago Area back in the '60s. Family planning, in which every child is a wanted child has always been the motto of this organization. I'm personally ambivalent about abortion, but I am pro-choice. If a woman (or girl) chooses to terminate her pregnancy, that should be a decision between her and her doctor and it's inarguable that an abortion performed in sterile surroundings by qualified staff is better than taking a chance with some old bag with a coat hanger in some back alley dump. However, there are many other safe methods of birth control besides the pill or patch, available to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

No man, and yes I am one, should have the audacity to speak on the subject of abortion. No man should have the nerve to tell a woman what she should or should not do with her body. That is her decision and her's alone. When men, and I'm talking real men, not that freak in California; start carrying babies for nine months and then have to raise the child as an only parent, then, and only then, can they have an opinion on this topic...

Polls shmolls- McCain will win because he is able to say and do whats right despite the prevailing political winds- ya'll who think its OK to kill unwanted unborn humans, for all your rationale and good reasons, here's a clue- abortion is wrong, you know, immoral- like all the other bad things going on in the world, mistakes made by both "sides". True healthcare, that "does no harm" should be provided to women and children first, for free in this country, including birth control (of course as it would make for way less unwanted pregs).
One more mod. dem.here voting for McCain. Wish I could vote for a dem. truly, but the far out left (you know, the ones that thinks its OK to kill unborn humans just because they aren't out yet, ya, creepy aren't they) won't drop infanticide from our platform- McCain will win and it'll be their fault / JERKS

Rachel - a very wise person told me a long time ago that not making a decision IS making a decision (by default). While many people are either not convinced by Obama or don't like him for one reason or another, there is no choice really because to either vote for McCain or to allow him to win by not voting at all will change women's lives for the worse for a very long time to come. Can you imagine not having access to birth control or to accidentally become pregnant and not having the choice whether to continue with the pregnancy or not? Can you imagine what is tantamount to turning control of your body over to the government? Can you imagine not having an equal pay for equal work law on the books because McCain said, and this is pretty close to a quote, "women need more training." Can you imagine having your husband or boyfriend or son coming home from Iraq emotionally devastated and having the government not pay for any sort of treatment because they put it down as a pre-existing condition because they don't want to pay for therapy? Can you imagine the economy under a McCain leadership? All our money and resources to the tune of trillions of dollars are being spent on a war with seemingly no end, and McCain makes jokes about bombing Iran (how presidential is that?!) which means he'd have no problem starting another war. Obama may not be totally proven (yet) but he's very, very smart and has run a terrific campaign financially and otherwise. He'll be just fine as president. McCain will be a disaster. At this time, in this election, not voting = a victory for McCain. I shudder to think about the mindset of the Supreme Court nominees he will be promoting. I hope people think long and hard about what a McCain presidency will mean to their lives.

Insurance companies provide ED meds because they are to treat an illness. Many don't provide birth control because it has nothing to do with illness. Companies have the right to provide what services they want to. If you don't like what your provider offers, get another one that does. See, democrats want us all to have one insurance company and everybody pays for everybody else and one company decides what gets paid for and what doesn't. Republicans want a free market system where you can have CHOICE about who your provider is. I prefer the latter. If you want to know what kills you (HA) on health insurance, SMOKERS. About 70 percent of people in the hospital are there directly or indirectly because of their smoking. Since I've never smoked in my life it really ticks me off to pay their bills. I'm for open market insurance and I'm signing up for a non smoker company.

Seah - What do you call people who use the rhythm method?

answer: parents

If you are a woman, do what you want yourself but stop preaching to those of us who want control over our own bodies. If you're a man, well, maybe you'll be reincarnated into a woman in the next life, if there is one, in a world where birth control is forbidden. Or maybe some day there will be men who don't whine and carry on like children at being asked to use a condom.

Insurance companies provide ED meds because they are to treat an illness. Many don't provide birth control because it has nothing to do with illness. ~vickster~

Ok, so erectile dysfunction is an "illness" and uncontrollable, debilitating monthly bleeding isn't.

Vickster needs to get their facts straight! (no pun intended!) LOL!!

vickster wrote:
Republicans want a free market system where you can have CHOICE about who your provider is. I prefer the latter.
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Yea, gotta love those "free market" lines the Repub give out. Free market has allowed the student loan interest rates to rise from 4% to 25%. Free markets gave us 35% interest rates on credit cards and the mortgage meltdown.

Under McCain's plan you will need outside financing to pay for open heart surgery.

to seah and vickster...
i, and many other women, have a condition called endometriosis, which has symptoms including extreme pelvic and back pain, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, irregularly heavy menstrual bleeding, and sometimes infertility. the only hope i have of any longterm relief is with the continued use of birth control.

I always appreciated Planned Parenthood's role as an advocate for women's rights, but when an organization abuses its role to deliberately misconstrue the facts and mislead voters - it's a deep violation of trust, and I for one, will no longer support them. For the record - McCain is not against the insurance companies covering birth control - most of them do anyway - he is against FORCING them to provide something that not all insurance consumers want - it's about choosing the policy that's best for you, not having the government decide that everyone should have this coverage even if they don't want it or need it. Also, insurance is designed to cover the expensive drugs that cause a hardship on the average budget, not the cheap prescriptions, like birth control that only cost a few dollars.

Jane Hussein - It is really low to bring the McCain's 13-year-old daughter and her weight into the discussion. Just like it is in extremely poor taste to insult or poke fun at the Obama girls. Childhood obesity IS NOT an indicator of poor parenting - it's a complex issue with a host of contributing factors. You may not like John McCain - that's your right and I certainly am not here to sway your vote, but leave the children out of it.

McCain has one of the worst records with Planned Parenthood...Being a war hero doesn't default you to the White House, one has to be passionate about more than one issue, not just war.

erin= the voice of reason

In case everybody else missed erin's story. Birth Control Pills are used for other MEDICAL reasons. Not just to prevent pregnancy.

Question Missy M, explain why McCain voted AGAINST a bill that would require insurance companies to cover BIRTH CONTROL pills if he's not against them.
Also, well the last comment you made just made me laugh because I don't know of any "cheap" prescriptions. My mothers takes 13 different pills a day. Not one is below $100 per perscription. Please come back when you are old and without health insurance and then we'll see how great McCain's health plan looks for ya.

What do you expect, he's 200 years old! Will someone just slapped him!