Conservative Commentator Likens Birth-Control Coverage to Rise of Nazi Germany
Yes, you read that headline right.
On MSNBC's "Jansing & Co." this morning, conservative commentator Eric Metaxas debated Donna Crane, policy director at NARAL Pro-Choice America, about President Obama's decision to ensure millions of American women have insurance coverage of contraception.
Metaxas called contraception and women's health "side issues"--and then likened the no-cost birth-control rule to the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1930s:
In [my] book, you read about what happened to an amazingly great country, called Germany. I'm half German. Uh, in the early '30s, little things were happening where the state was bullying the churches. No one spoke up. In the beginning, it always starts really, really small. We need to understand as America, as Americans, if we do not see this as a bright line in the sand, if you're not a Catholic, if you use contraception, doesn't matter. Because eventually, this kind of government overreach will affect you. If we don't speak up, we're gonna be in trouble.
You have to see it to believe it! (The comments about Nazi Germany begin at 5:46):
By the way, Mr. Metaxas, a new poll from the Public Religion Research Institute shows a majority of Catholics support the Obama administration's decision.
As Donna said on MSNBC, churches are exempt from this policy. As a result of the president's decision, millions of women, including nurses, janitorial staff, and college instructors, of all religious backgrounds, will get access to contraception--and they will not have to ask their bosses for permission.
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That is one Hell of a way to sell books. No, literally. He got that suggestion direct from the Dark Angel, who gave it to him directly. And that's only ONE of the voices in his head, the poor loon...
Religion is very outdated, people are subjectively faithful and population control doesn't work the way it did 2000 years ago in Roman Empire. You don't have to be a genius to understand this. Just don't follow the herd.
These religious people are acting like they are driving to shove a birth control pill down everyone's throats! This is ridiculous. Using birth control is a PERSONAL choice, and whether or not you choose to use it, everyone should at least have the access.
People already have access to birthcontrol but creating an insurance for it would GREATLY promote the pill. By having our government cover bithcontrol for everyone we are making it too much of a common practice. It lowers our expectations of society and youths get the idea that sex is okay as long as they have the pill, after all the goverment supports it.
@Valeria: I was put on birth control at the age of seventeen with my parents' full knowlege. At the time I didn't even have a boyfriend, and was miles away from even considering having sex. My parents had made the effort to teach me certain moral values regarding sexual relationships, and guess what? It stuck.
I had to start taking the pill for medical reasons. I was suffering from a condition that caused me to vomit uncontrollably on the first day of my menstrual period every month, along with causing extreme physical pain and emotional distress. Until I started taking the medication, I would spend one day a month, every month, becoming intimately familiar with a toilet bowl for upwards of an hour, during which time I would pray to God to either make it stop or end my life. After I was done puking, I would pass out on the bathroom floor until either someone helped me to a couch or bed, or I regained enough strength to get there myself. Then, I would sleep for about eight hours.
Without birth control, I would be missing school or work once a month. The powers that be don't take kindly to that sort of thing.
Fortunately, my parents had good health insurance, which covered my medication with a reasonable co-pay. I am sure there are many women who suffer from this condition who are not as lucky.
Taking the pill didn't magically turn me into a "slut," because I'm a thinking person who has control over her own actions.
"Taking the pill didn't magically turn me into a "slut," because I'm a thinking person who has control over her own actions."
Thank you.
BTW. Donna Crane totally NAILED it!
It is hard for me not to notice the double standard here on this issue. Why is it okay for men to use condoms and easily purchase them at stores but not okay to make birth control more accessable? Why can viagra be convered under health insurance but not birth control? Is it right to criticize so much about a female's contraceptive use and so little about a males?