Listening to the GOP debate, it is clear that these men do not understand that for some women, birth control pills aren't an optional, nice-to-have thing, but a life-saving medication to suppress monthly bleeding for women who might die without it. Including me. I was put on the pill when I was twelve years old to prevent critical blood loss, and it has prevented me, over the last twenty years, from needing more dangerous options like hysterectomy and blood or plasma transfusions. Surely your daughters and sisters and wives deserve this option, not only available, but covered by insurance, as well.
Please think about this and help educate your local politicians by writing letters and explaining that women take the birth control pills for many medical reasons, including bleeding disorders like PAI-1 deficiency, and other problems, like endometriosis or hormone imbalances, as well as to prevent dangerous pregnancies in women in whom birth would be devestating and dangerous.
Think about this when you vote, too. I don't want to put my life into the hands of a man who doesn't understand the difference between optional and non-optional medications, just because they've never been female, and never had a life-threatening condition.
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