Our "Birth" Rights

Pregnancy prevention and abortion has been one of the top topics of discussion for the past 40 years; however, I feel that I am just now, after reading the chapter from FFF and the article by Smith, understanding what it is all really about. I’ve always been aware of the several different versions of birth control that are available to women, but I have always been under the impression that they had just as easy a time getting these things as I do getting condoms. The fact that birth control is available but is being held from the hands of those that needed is ridiculous. As presented in FFF some pharmacists have the right to simply refuse to fill prescriptions of birth control for unmarried women based on personal moral and ethic views. It is unfair to all women that they cannot acquire the means of birth control when men can so easily do so. I believe that this can in a way be connected to male privilege. The reason that Valenti gives us in FFF is that some people really just hate the fact that women have sex; it becomes all about slut-punishment while men get no blame for anything.

As my Uncle once said, it takes two tango; well it sure as hell takes a both a man and a women to make a baby, so why should women be surrounded by tons of negativity for it? Say a young girl gets pregnant due to lack of protection; it becomes increasingly difficult to find a way to stop from having the baby. Especially when considering the hoards of lies that Anti-choice supporters create to trick young girls into having their child instead of having an abortion. After reading the article by Smith I have come to the conclusion that the right to a government funded abortion is one that every woman should have. It would prevent the marginalization of the poor who cannot afford an abortion themselves, as well as prevent further humiliation of our prison systems by decriminalizing the act (where it has chance of becoming criminalized). Furthermore, if our society could agree on the topic of abortions, it would almost certainly also solve the current problems on birth control as presented by Valenti.