Curious Carl's Corner: from Fox News: "Women should just stop having irresponsible sex!"

Subject: Fox News: "Women should just stop having irresponsible sex!"

In recent times I've received a large number of similar messages to the one below.

As much as I want to help, I am puzzled by the inability of women to head off these attacks on Women's Rights. It is clear to me, a mere man, that the way to "end, "irresponsible sex" is to explain to those eager, groping men in your life that All sex is irresponsible and the subject is closed until the Pro Lifers and Anti Women people crawl back under their rocks, and politicians come into the light of the modern world.

Curious Carl

Subject: Fox News: "Women should just stop having irresponsible sex!"

Dear Carl,

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Here is a recent gem from a segment on Fox News about no-cost birth control for women:

"Women should just stop having irresponsible sex ... Let's stop making excuses and providing a way to get women out of trouble when they should be responsible in their behavior."ⁱ

What's even more outrageous is that there are politicians at all levels of government who share this extreme view. Not only do they oppose access to abortion care, they oppose access to birth control and basic reproductive-health care too. As a matter of fact, in state legislatures across the country, we are tracking a whopping 473 anti-choice bills this year -- nearly three times as many as last year.

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