Deacon923
Scooter Banks
But we should totally overreact and freak out about it now? Maybe including mandated free birth control in already contentious legislation when a large portion of the country thinks birth control is immoral wasn't the best idea. I don't happen to agree with those people but I will also refrain from accusing them of waging a war on women
No need to freak out. But let's not pretend it's not relevant to the question at hand.
As for the rest, all these issues are highly emotionally and politically charged. However, it is not really debatable that restricting access to birth control has a disproportionate impact on women. Men and women engaging in the same behavior suffer very different outcomes when birth control is unavailable. The religious right (as a political movement, which is distinct from religious people, a category that includes many, many Americans who do not agree with the stance of the religious right on this subject) shows little interest in curbing the sexual behaviors of men; or rather, they want women to be primarily responsible for curbing the unholy behavior of both sexes.