> To me that legal situation reads "women are irresponsible, so if you
> have natural sex with one you are responsible for the consequences
> no different than if you feed antifreeze to a dog." As if a women
> doesn't know any better. If I were a woman I would be offended by
> the implication.

You wanna hear my story? We were using condoms and foam, the condom
broke, I used more foam and got Plan B. I got pregnant. I got sick. I
failed out of my term at school because the pregnancy symptoms made me
ill. I'm still suffering from the anemia from that pregnancy. I got an
abortion at 8 weeks. Not because I wanted to, or because my spouse
wanted to, but because I was so dehydrated and sick from the pregnancy.

I can't take hormonal birth control because they cause me nausea,
headaches, muscle spasms, fatigue and depression from about the third
day. So my spouse and I use condoms + foam.

So, really, you automatically placing me in a category with people
that would bring a child into this world for the sole purpose of
money.. Well, it's absolutely ridiculous and infuriating.

> The reality is that women are not hapless victims of fertility, but
> rather are very aware of the consequences...and rewards.

Yeah, so are men.

> Until women are not rewarded from inadequate both male and female
> contraception, progress in this area will be significatly hampered.

Yeah, being pregnant was sooo much fun!! Oddles of fun!! Having to
drop out of school, stay at home and depend on someone else to pay all
the bills, lose control over my own freedom.. Lots of fun!!!

> Don't confuse technological hurdles with real hurdle of insentive
> against progress that half our population has. Remove that
> insentive and we may begin to see progress, otherwise it's a loosing
> battle.

So what you're saying here is that you want your responsibilities to
end the second you're done having loads of anonymous sex? That you
want to force them to deal with the consequences alone? Damn, had you
been my partner, I think I would have shot you for this bullshit.