Shock to the System

I am a little cynical when it comes to stories like this one - "College students to pay more for birth control pills." For me, it really doesn't get anymore ironic than this! In a world where abstinence seems immoral, birth control pills the "norm", what are they expecting? This was my all time favorite quote in the article:

"It's a tremendous problem for our students because not every student has a platinum card," said Hugh Jessop, executive director of the health center at Indiana University.

There, he said, women are paying about $22 per month for prescriptions that cost $10 a few months ago. "Some of our students have two jobs, have children," Jessop said. "To increase this by 100 percent or more overnight, which is what happened, is a huge shock to them and to their system."

OK, let's just backtrack here for a minute... not every student has a platinum card - I will totally give him that. In fact, not every adult has a platinum card! However, if some of his students have two jobs AND children, could there be a bigger problem than making sure they have birth control pills? Maybe a little education about where babies come from, some money for childcare and financial aid for college. If someone is going to college, working two jobs and taking care of children they ought to know better! Just a thought!

If we really want to solve this problem, let's take it to the heart of the matter. What kind of responsibility are we teaching our children when we say it's just easier to put you on pills than it is to teach you that when you choose to act in a certain way, there may be consequences for your actions? Instead, we not only condone their actions as morally OK, we encourage it by asking the rest of society to fund it! More of my tax dollars for things I really don't intend to encourage.

I'm sorry for the poor college students who now need to ask mom and dad for more money for their birth control pills. One more call home each month, one more check in the mail for them. Unless we're talking about something mom and dad don't know about, and then are we even condoning that? Then I'm even more against it! Who wouldn't be?

Here's what you can use my tax money for: the college students who are diabetics, have ADHD, live in constant pain, have severe allergies and asthma, need glasses or hearing aides, or those who need medication in order to live. As for those who want birth control pills but can't afford them? Stop having premarital sex - it's as simple as that. It's not life-threatening. It's just common sense!