There seem to be some misconceptions going around about birth control, so let's get a few things straight:
- For the majority of birth control methods, there is no correlation between the amount of sex a person has and how much birth control she uses or what it costs.
- Shaming a person for using birth control says a lot about you and nothing about them.
- Birth control is often used for reasons other than pregnancy prevention, such as to treat ovarian cysts (Sandra Fluke, the woman being slammed on the right as a "slut" and a "prostitute" for her pro-contraception testimony, was telling the story of a friend of hers who lost an ovary because she couldn't afford the treatment for a cyst). I'm not saying those uses are more legitimate than preventing pregnancy, just pointing out that they do exist.
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