Kiss federally subsidized collegiate promiscuity goodbye.
Prices for birth control are going to increase a lot for college students. That has CNN deeply concerned. Higher prices for birth control? Oh, the humanity.
That’s because deficit reduction legislation has changed how much the federal government pays to underwrite contraceptives. Costs for the pill and patch have gone up enough, apparently, for college students to consider anything except abstinence.
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“[Stephanie] Davidson [a Columbia University student] worries that these students will have to choose between food, books, and birth control,” said CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen on the August 22 “American Morning.”
The report was part of the morning show’s “College Week” celebration. But, the CNN story didn’t offer anyone who would regard a birth control subsidy as excessive government spending nor did they report on the moral elements involved with birth control financially supported by their government on college campuses.
Cohen also gave us a peek into her college days – “When I was a student here at Columbia, birth control was cheap and plentiful,” said a giddy Cohen. “Well, not anymore. When students hit this campus next week, they are in for some sticker shock.”
One liberal congresswoman forecasted this would cause a serious college dropout epidemic: “It will mean that more college women will become pregnant in an unwanted pregnancy during their college student years,” claimed Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to CNN. “It will mean that many will have to drop out of school or face an abortion. It is a difficult situation to put college women in.”
UPDATE Also see this Newsbusters story about the Sun-Times story on same subject by Warner Todd Huston.
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Actually, unexpected
August 22, 2007 - 14:22 ET by Hero SquadActually, unexpected pregnancies are caused by... well, I don't want to spoil the surprise.
*****
"Some people have a way with words. Other people, er, I don't know. Not have way, I guess." - Steve Martin
"Actually, unexpected
August 22, 2007 - 15:14 ET by ckc1227"Actually, unexpected pregnancies are caused by... well, I don't want to spoil the surprise."
Global warming?
Is there anything this
August 22, 2007 - 15:15 ET by Sergeant ROCKIs there anything this global warming thing can't do?
Despite the myriad
August 22, 2007 - 15:19 ET by The Wicked ConservativeDespite the myriad abilities of AGW the one thing it will never be capable of is bring commen sense to a liberal mind.
You can't save the Earth unless You're willing to make other people sacrifice. Dogbert the Green Consultant summing up the elite left.
Wow, great minds think
August 22, 2007 - 15:22 ET by ckc1227Wow, great minds think alike, lol.
Well CKC some truths are
August 22, 2007 - 15:24 ET by The Wicked ConservativeWell CKC some truths are just self evident...
You can't save the Earth unless You're willing to make other people sacrifice. Dogbert the Green Consultant summing up the elite left.
"Is there anything this
August 22, 2007 - 15:21 ET by ckc1227"Is there anything this global warming thing can't do?"
It can't make a liberal smart. Some things just aren't possible.
Well that's obvious
August 22, 2007 - 15:29 ET by Jack BauerWell that's obvious ckc..
When it's hotter people wear less clothes. When people wear less clothes they are more easily aroused sexually.
Hey presto, nine months later another victim of global warming.
Silly question
August 22, 2007 - 14:25 ET by landsharkDon't campus health centres, as a rule, hand out free condoms?
You'd think that, since these "kids" have been learning how to put them on since at least middle school, they'd be perfectly comfortable with that alternative.
well, yeah, they do. But
August 22, 2007 - 15:55 ET by motherbeltwell, yeah, they do. But some people just don't like to use condoms. Isn't everyone entitled to free birth control of the type they want????
As for the specter of unwanted pregnancy:
“It will mean that many will have to drop out of school or face an abortion" -Carolyn Maloney, D-NY.
So what's wrong with abortion, Ms. Maloney? All of a sudden you and your liberal pals have a problem with that? Or is it because that's not free either?
Not only that, but abortion
August 22, 2007 - 16:10 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveNot only that, but abortion and dropping out are not the only options for a student that gets pregnant. What about adoption, daycare, family, marriage?
I know several women (married and single) that have children or borne children (planned and unplanned) while attending college. I know several women (married and single) that have gotten pregnant (planned and unplanned) and had children and continue work. I thought the Liberal paradise was achieved in large part by easy access to daycare and other programs that ensure that parents can minimize the amount of time they spend with their children.
Having children doesn't seem to be a hurdle for a woman's career...how then can it be much of a hurdle for a woman's education?
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! There's still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato, baby you've got a stew goin'!" -- Carl Weathers
Dr Love
August 22, 2007 - 16:34 ET by mandrakeWhat I find most interesting about your post is that you will likely not get one reply from a female liberal. I've been around here for a while now and have not noticed any female liberals...why is that?
BTW..my wife is a liberal...if she ever found out I visit this site I wouldn't get dinner for a month :)
Why is the government
August 22, 2007 - 14:26 ET by Darth DutchWhy is the government subsidizing this in the first place? College students, who are presumably adults, should have the self-control to not sleep with anything that breathes. Or, at the very least should be expected to buy their own birth control. You choose to engage in this risky behavior, fine; pony up the money for your own birth control.
The only reason it would make any sense to have the government pay for birth control is if you believe the humans are not capable of any kind of self-control and it is a foregone conclusion that they will have sex. And therein lies the underlying philosophy of the media and most on the Left.
Ridiculous...
Dutch
Exactly right, DD. "these
August 22, 2007 - 14:35 ET by Mean Gene Dr. LoveExactly right, DD.
"these students will have to choose between food, books, and birth control"
But they somehow can't chose between having and not having sex. Absolutely ridiculous.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! There's still plenty of meat on that bone. Now you take this home, throw it in a pot, add some broth, a potato, baby you've got a stew goin'!" -- Carl Weathers
Well most of them have
August 22, 2007 - 15:59 ET by motherbeltWell most of them have already purchased meal plans with their tuition, so going without food is not likely. And I'm sure there are other things that could be given up (movies, dining out, etc.) that could be given up instead of books. But that wouldn't sound as pathetic.
Let's see- $35 a month. Just don't have that Starbucks Frappucino a few times a week and there you go!
But hey, we shouldn't be talking about how the little darlings could manage it on their own, should we????
Mean Gene
August 22, 2007 - 19:56 ET by BlondeWhen I was in college (granted, a zillion years ago), tuition covered health care. Access to the clinic, you know, and if you chose, birth control.
So, as much as the libs love "pro-choice"...being a full time student on a college campus includes "choice". Choice to have access to contraceptives, choice to have sex, choice not to have sex.
BDS has well and truly gone around the corner.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Oh, please...most of these
August 23, 2007 - 14:22 ET by TheDeuceOh, please...most of these little darlings' budget is eaten up by fast food and beer.
Maybe, if they'd save some of that beer money, they'd opt not to have sex in the first place.
Or, how's about we assist them develop an ability to choose not to have sex? I say we turn off the water supply to the showers for all days except Monday. That way, come Friday night, these kids will have their own sexual deterrent built in.
...sigh...sob!... :o\
August 22, 2007 - 14:26 ET by HelenSI really should stop being surprised at the twists and creative turns the MSM et al can take to come up with totally assinine topics to hyperventilate and hand-wring over.
"Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war" - Shakespeare
The costs
August 22, 2007 - 14:30 ET by heldmywQUOTE: "The birth control pill, patch, and ring usually cost about $20-$40 per
month. The birth control shot costs about $35-$70 per shot. The shot
protects against pregnancy for 12 weeks."
http://www.teenwire....
-So you're telling me that this onerous cost, which wouldn't even cover half of an average textbook cannot be borne by someone who can afford to go to college?
Rubbish.
I'm curious about the costs as well.
August 22, 2007 - 15:42 ET by Dave in TexasThanks for finding those costs. I'm also wondering what the difference will be between the subsidized and non-subsidized birth control. I'm guessing people have to pay some of the costs currently. I'm also guessing since CNN didn't mention the cost difference, that it's probably laughably small.
“[Stephanie] Davidson [a
August 22, 2007 - 14:33 ET by landshark“[Stephanie] Davidson [a Columbia University student] worries that these students will have to choose between food, books, and birth control,” said CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen on the August 22 “American Morning.”
If a student can't figure out which of these things get top priority, then I question the university's admissions policies. Who are they turning away?
CNN: Am I correct?
August 22, 2007 - 14:34 ET by Mica the MagnificentThe liberal life cycle:
As a college-aged young liberal you worry about choosing between food, books, and birth control.
When you become an old liberal you must choose between rent, food and prescription drugs.
Sucks to be a lib.
Hey college ladies...
August 22, 2007 - 14:37 ET by smitty031Dont let a little thing like responsibility get in your way. By all means you should abandon every shred of common sense you may have had before you enrolled in ( enter leftist liberal university name here).
pssst...711 sells condoms...rumor has it ...they...prevent...pregnancies.
So government
August 22, 2007 - 15:00 ET by ForeverOnTheRightSo government is responsible for personal responsibility and morality? I don't think so. This is not a nanny state is it? I hope not, I don't want socailism.
Spongeworthy?
August 22, 2007 - 15:07 ET by acumenBut I thought the libs wanted the government out of their bedrooms.
It all get's so confusing. Government in, government out. I guess for the time being the left thinks the government is now spongeworthy.
smaller government?
August 22, 2007 - 15:32 ET by BeanManDid they say "Smaller Government" causes unexpected pregnancies?
What, did Ted Kennedy lose weight or something?
Since government is coercion, politics is largely the exercise of deception regarding the intended use of coercion - George Orwell
Wouldn't this be an insult if it came from a republican?
August 22, 2007 - 15:32 ET by Dave in Texas“It will mean that more college women will become pregnant in an
unwanted pregnancy during their college student years,” claimed Rep.
Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to CNN. “It will mean that many will have to
drop out of school or face an abortion. It is a difficult situation to
put college women in.”
Wow. Carolyn Maloney sure has a high opinion of women in college. I would love for someone to grill her on this and have her elaborate on exactly why more college women will have unwanted pregnancies.
If they are worried about
August 22, 2007 - 15:46 ET by msh1973If they are worried about getting pregnant try this idea.....don't have sex! I thought young people were using condoms anyway, don't they give them out for free at the clinics?
Yeah
August 22, 2007 - 16:00 ET by UphillBack in my college days there were no women having sex...at least around me, that is.
Put me in a bar with fifty college-aged women and nobody is gettin' pregnant!
Awww, dont you fret none
August 22, 2007 - 16:03 ET by bassndudeAwww, dont you fret none little lady. After all, its only sex. Or is it? Guess that defines on your definition of IS, uh?
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
College women
August 22, 2007 - 17:24 ET by nkviking75“ 'It will mean that more college women will become pregnant in an unwanted pregnancy during their college student years,' claimed Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) to CNN."
How many college women will become pregnant after their college student years?
And they claim Bush can't speak well.
Speaking of the President, I suppose he and Rove have operatives on college campuses manipulating students into having irresponsible sex. The fiends!
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
OMG!!
August 22, 2007 - 19:46 ET by BigB“It will mean that many will have to drop out of school or face an
abortion. It is a difficult situation to put college women in.”
How is it that these morons alway talk about pregnancy as if a woman just wakes up one morning pregnant?? Is that the way it works??? "Hey, I slept with the window open last night and caught a bad pregnancy'??? How about 'This is a difficult situation these women choose to put themselves into'????
I can't wait to get to college and major in flopping on my back.....
Now, this might sting just a little bit.....