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Remembering the pill

By Alliance Alert

R. J. Snell writing at Public Discourse: "Contraception is already so normalized in our society that its use is presumed for both married and unmarried alike; in fact, so normalized is contraception that its use is thought not only responsible but even obligatory. Contraception is thought of as something like shampoo or deodorant, a 'necessity' that one picks up at the drug store when occasion arises or supplies are low. If we follow Aristotle in defining choice as deliberative desire?that is, that one chooses after deliberating on the means of action to some desired end?we might even say that many people do not even choose to use contraception but rather use it as an inherited and unexamined cultural norm. While Dr. Trussell is certainly correct that new devices and technologies can be invented or promoted that reduce or eliminate the need to think and to remember to take a pill, we?ve already reached the point of being thoughtless and forgetful when it comes to birth control."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).