Contraception Issues: Young and Old

The Issue of abortion and contraception are at the forefront of the news again. We are in the midst of an election cycle therefore these topics tend to be, annoyingly, in the spot light. Let me make it very clear, no man should ever have the right to tell a woman whether or not she can use birth control or have an abortion.

All women should have the right choose and all women should have access to birth control. No questions asked. There should not be an age limit on abortion or contraception. We cannot as a society, pass judgment on girls and women who choose to utilize these tools in family planning. The problem is our predominantly white and male leadership. Their lack of empathy and understanding is nauseating, how could they ever understand how it feels to be in a position to have to choose?

Women are NOT second class citizens and WE do not live in a third world country. We live in America, land of the free and home of the brave. Yet, in 2012 we are still up women’s skirts and in their bedrooms. Not fair. I strongly believe in equality and I will fight tooth and nail for women’s rights.

I have two daughters and I plan on supporting them throughout their lives, no matter what. Sex education has to start at home; my children will have access to birth control whether or not I feel they are ready for sex. I know by the time that this happens they will have a clear understanding of sex and all that it entails. I also know that if we choose to stay in the State of Georgia they will not receive the sex education I believe is necessary to make the right decision in the heat of the moment.

However, accidents and mistakes do happen, and women and girls should have a choice, teenagers should be able to get the morning after pill and abortions without permission from a legal guardian. Frankly, if a fourteen or fifteen year old ends up pregnant, they don’t have enough parental guidance in the first place. If we leave the hard decisions up to the adults, what will the teenagers have learned?

Women are an integral part of this society; take a minute to think about all the women in your lives…  Do you love them? Do want what’s best for them?  Think about your daughters, nieces, sisters, wives, mothers, grandmothers and girlfriends, we want the best life possible for the women we love and if contraception or abortion is part of that path, let it be. Love them for who they are, support them, encourage them and one day soon we will be leading the free world.