Sex
“Education”
P.
Schultz
October
1, 2012
This needs no
comment from me. But I bet George Allen has no idea how some contraceptive
devices work.
“Kaine was in
the midst of attacking proposed federal legislation of Allen’s, which declares
that life begins at conception. Kaine pointed out that it would make many forms
of contraception illegal:
“”The
way a birth control pill works is often to stop a fertilized egg’s embryo from
implanting in a woman’s uterus."
Allen’s
“personhood” legislation, Kaine said, would
"criminalize
women’s right to make their own reproductive decisions. That is an intrusive,
big government way of coming at a problem that is just exactly the kind of
problem that government really can’t solve and shouldn’t be trying to solve."
Kaine’s line
of argument appeared to catch Allen off guard. “Contraception,” Allen said,
"just by the word
means “contra,” means there is not conception. So I don’t see a personhood
amendment or the recognition of life beginning at conception as preventing
contraception."
The moderator
intervened: “About the contraception question, could you tell us how do you
think birth control pills and intrauterine devices work?”
Allen: “I
don’t profess to be a doctor. I’m just using logic, maybe a little bit of
Latin, that contraception means it stops conception. And so you do not have a
fertilized egg.”
Moderator:
“Don’t they work by preventing implantation of a fertilized egg?”
Allen: “Well,
if the egg is not fertilized there is not conception.”
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