Daily Dose of Fury

[willowisp]

Any woman who uses birth control (especially those who, like me, need to do so for medical conditions), or anyone who believes his female friends/relatives/SOs have the right to do so, should read this article. Maybe I should demand that they underwrite the hysterectomy I will need if I end up unable to get pills around here.

Comments

[aardvarklf.livejournal.com]

The line that says it all: "Imagine a pharmacist asking a customer whether his Viagra prescription is to enhance sexual performance in his marriage or in an extramarital affair. Never!"

I've also heard that some insurance companies refuse to cover the Pill, claiming it's some kind of luxury treatment, but have no problem paying for Viagra.

[willowisp.livejournal.com]

IIRC, and callicrates can probably give actual dates and timelines, Japan held up approving birth control on the order of decades, but approved Viagra more in the order of weeks. They definitely approved Viagra before birth control, though.

[tyee.livejournal.com]

That's definitely true. Although the flip side is that some of those companies that used to refuse to cover the pill if you didn't need it for a medical condition other than contraception now cover it because of the outcry over them covering viagra and not the pill. While I'm infuriated that the companies didn't cover it to begin with, I'm at least gratified that occasionally irony works out in a positive way.