Comments on: FPEP Biased Against Homosexuals? Duh.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 07:04:50 +0000

Considering the efficacy of other government programs, I’m not sure I’d want my concubine to be on welfare birth-control…

By: Silly Rabbit

Silly Rabbit — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 08:21:12 +0000

Federal guidelines, I believe.

They want STD testing…give it to them anyways. But let it be out of private funding, and not from government waste.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 22:13:35 +0000

You know, I’m sure that a homosexual could make perfectly fine use of the program by going in, getting the papsmear, getting the birthcontrol, etc. I’m unclear on exactly why a homosexual couldn’t just go through the same rigamarole as everyone else to get the STD screening.

By: emily

emily — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:10:34 +0000

What is also interesting about FPEP is that it says that it deals specifically with “family planning issues” but one of its main features is a Pap Smear. You don’t need that procedure per say in dealing with contraceptives. It would become an issue if someone was pregnant and they had HPV or cervical caner, but what they are effectively doing is preserving the fertility of women who use this program.

If the goal is then to protect the potential of someone to have children, would that not entitle those who are homosexual to that protection also? (Should they decide to have children by other means or, ahem, change their minds). This would mean that STD screening and other services that would render an individual steril should be extended to all, not only those who are heterosexual if this is indeed the aim of the program. I might be reading too much into this, though.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:46:13 +0000

Or maybe the pill should be over the counter, just like practically everything else. Without the doctor gate-keeper it’d be cheaper. See also: private funding for things like Planned Parenthood.

By: emily

emily — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:11:32 +0000

Despite the ideological underpinnings of how you guys (and I mean guys who like girls) feel about FPEP, you like the program. Alot.

This is mainly because without it, funds that subsides Planned Parenthood (which I believe has localized govermental funding just as FPEP does), women would have to pay a large chunk of change for the same services.

Last time I went in, Kaiser wanted $40/month for pills and that was with partial coverage…I daresay that womenfolk would become far more discriminating (or pregnant) without these services. Practically, this would lead to an undesirable situation on all fronts.

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:39:02 +0000

I don’t fuck boys, does that make me biased against homosexuals?

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:06:00 +0000

It must of been hard for the writer and editors to not use a single gender pronoun during the entire article!! lol.