"Welfare Babies"

I was watching my local news earlier today and they were interviewing local Catholics about the President’s change in the contraception policy. I think saying that the insurance companies should pick up the tab should be good enough for people to stop talking about it, but no, the locals still found something to complain about. One man complained that the government shouldn’t be involved in people’s bedrooms. I think his argument is out of context. The push for contraception is to prevent babies; the government could care less about what’s going on in the bedroom (as long as it’s legal and you’re not homosexual).The next person was a lady. The lady said that the people who will use the contraception are the ones who are already receiving tax dollars; the implication being that mainly people on welfare or some other form of government assistance use contraception. The last time I checked, many women who weren’t on government assistance also used contraception, but for the sake of playing the devil’s advocate, let’s say that the lady is right and it’s those people on public assistance who are going to benefit from free contraception. I ask, “Would that be so bad? Isn’t it a good thing that people who are struggling to take care of themselves will now have free access to contraception and thus to preventing the possibility of having a baby and needing even more public assistance? Can that really be a bad thing?”

Status: Watching the game and thinking about the interesting people who reside in my city.