The Birth Control Fiasco

We have been discussing the term privilege in class the past week and I believe that access to birth control is a woman's privilege. I found an article which discusses Walker's plan to eliminate this privilege from women. He is proposing a bill that makes it alright for a pharmacist to deny a woman birth control if they feel necessary. I believe that a pharmacist is paid for their job...handing out prescriptions, rather than passing judgement on the need for birth control. This is a basic right that so many women's activists worked for in the past and I believe that it is not up to one man to decide whether or not women should be using birth control.

Walker's Proposed Bill

Another article that I discovered discusses how Walker is also Pro-Life and wants to eliminate a woman's right to have an abortion even in the case of incest or rape. I'm not decided on what my views are as far as abortion, but I believe that these should be exceptions to the law. Why does a male governor have the right to determine what is best for women in the community? This article also discusses how Walker is opposed to sex education in schools, whereas his opponent Barrett fully support all of these things. I think that this is a very controversial issue and everyone is more than welcome to have their personal opinion about these things, but one man should not be able to make these decisions for women across the state.

The Abortion Debate