So this has been a rough couple of weeks for me. A while back, I lost a filling. Having a disdain for dentists in the OC - I let it go. Because of that - 3 days of roots canals & a crown rebuild on the tooth & I'm $1900 in the hole. Because of this expense - I couldn't afford my birth control this month. So I want to know who I can blame for this & who can I demand pay for my birth control? Why would I ask something so ridiculous? Simple - Sandra Fluke who once she finishes law school, she will be paid an insane amount of money to interpret & protect the law is asking this question. She thinks her university should pay. Should my state run college pay for mine?
Women like her make me ashamed of my gender. I'm not even sure where to begin. She chose to get her JD at a private Jesuit university. If she wasn't smart enough to realize that while Georgetown is an elite Law School, it is also a faith based law school; she isn't suited for a clerkship much less a law practices. This university was founded in the 1700's. Their religious foundation has been what it is for HUNDREDS of years and now she & the government think they should change their standards? That is just asinine. Now didn't read that her doctor wouldn't write her a prescription - just that she couldn't afford The birth control.
This brings me to my second point. How in the hell did she shell out $3000 for birth control last year? Again I really have to question this woman's research skills. Even if her student health care plan didn't cover birth control she could get the generic for Ortho-Tricyclin for $9.00 at Walmart & $10.00 at Target without even having to use her student insurance. That's $120.00 a year. Unless her uterus is lined with gold and she has to have her pill custom inserted by a specialist - then I would really be curious as to why her expenses were so high.
None of this is for medical necessity. She doesn't need the pill to regulate her cycle or to help with dastardly cramps. She just wants to have sex and not have to pay for her birth control. Hey - I'm down for all the sex you want - but I don't want my tax dollars being spent on your orgasms sister & I don't believe a private faith based college should either. She has options. Maybe trying Planned Parenthood? How about not having a girls night out one weekend so you have your birth control money? Maybe cut back on the coffee shops? OOOHHH - how about having her partner help out? How about if you are so concerned about not getting pregnant and worried about your finances because you are going to an elite and costly law school - try abstinence? I really think she needs to focus on her research skills. I can't stress that enough, I work at a law firm - it is a very vital skill - much more so than having sex.
Where do we draw the line? So if she should get her birth control for free - then shouldn't we all? Then all the men should get their condoms for free too right? We can't discriminate. Then we should all be able to get out pets spayed & neutered for free. Having my cat in heat is a burden to me too. At that point can I go into a Jewish deli & complain to congress that I couldn't get a pork hot dog or 3 pounds of ham? Why not - It is something I want & I am not being accommodated. We live in a me me me society where it is easier to blame our problems on somebody/something else than take responsibility for our own actions.
So in the end - I am still out $1900 for 1 tooth and have another 2k looming to fix 3 more. I subsided on the free drinks at work and no food for a week so that I could afford minutes on my phone and still no birth control for this month. The point is - I gave things up to cover MY responsibilities & didn't have anyone bailing out my sex life and neither should she.
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