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Would you consider leaving the US if birth control was outlawed?

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Contributor: LavenderSkies LavenderSkies
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Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
No, I wouldn't leave.
06/03/2012
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
You know, this talk of emigration reminds me of a qikipedia tweet I'd read a few days earlier:

'After George Bush's 2004 election win the number of calls from US citizens to Canadian immigration jumped from 20,000 to 115,000 a day'.
06/08/2012
Contributor: sweetpea12 sweetpea12
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Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
I love the US but I would leave if we turned into a nation that outlaws birth control
06/11/2012
Contributor: amazon amazon
The closer the right gets to imposing their beliefs on everyone else, the closer I get to packing up and letting them have the place.
06/11/2012
Contributor: KRD KRD
I love to travel and move to new places, so I always consider leaving the US. If it's a good enough reason or opportunity, I'm gone
07/21/2012
Contributor: Experiment Experiment
Yes, because birth control is such a strong symbol for women's rights. To take away the right to birth control would be such an enormous step back for women. While I would try initially to change it, if nothing did, I would be forced by my principles to leave. I don't shop at anti-woman businesses, why should I help fund a country that puts down women
07/21/2012
Contributor: WhoopieDoo WhoopieDoo
I've already considered leaving the US. That said, I wouldn't live anywhere where birth control were outlawed, because that would mean they'd have to have tons of other seriously unwarranted, oppressive laws as well (not that we don't already have stupid laws here).
07/23/2012
Contributor: BlackCrescent BlackCrescent
It depends on what the punishment for breaking the law was... something mine then I'd probably stay and take my chances.
08/21/2012
Contributor: SkylarrStarr SkylarrStarr
This exact reason is why Mitt Romney scares me...
08/21/2012
Contributor: VioletMoonstone VioletMoonstone
That would be awful! I mean, if it really happened I would like to move out of the U.S. if it was available to me but there's no way in heck I could afford that. I'd have to say no and just stay here. I highly doubt that would ever happen though. I'd definitely consider moving to a different state though.
08/21/2012
Contributor: satinlady550 satinlady550
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Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
Again another political issue that shouldn't be a concern. We have too many politicians trying to push their beliefs on us. The consitution was written for we the people and we are suppose to have a voice in what happens in our government.
08/22/2012
Contributor: edenguy edenguy
I would smuggle it or improvise
08/22/2012
Contributor: kitty1949 kitty1949
No. It'd surely be attainable online and I sure don't have the money for my broke ass to move anywhere.
08/22/2012
Contributor: sextoygeek sextoygeek
Quote:
Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
There have been a lot of good points made. I really don't think I would leave or that this would actually happen. If it did, I think there would be a lot of other issues and the country may be at a point that recovery would not be easy.
08/23/2012
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
Leaving isn't a realistic option so the point is moot but assuming it could easily be done.

If one just waved a magic wand and made it happen. No, stay and fight for change.
However, I'm assuming that if it ever got to the point that this would happen a lot of other things would be fucked up as well and it would likely be a good time to abandon ship.
08/23/2012
Contributor: Zandrock Zandrock
I live in Canada, but birth control would not make me move.
08/24/2012
Contributor: mdnght mdnght
Yes, I would. There isn't any way I'm staying in a country so monumentally stupid that it bans birth control while overpopulation is one of our world's biggest issues.
08/25/2012
Contributor: StasyRavish StasyRavish
It depends to what extent it's outlawed. I'm sure it would be a by-state thing, and I'm sure not ALL forms would be banned, for example, condoms, because they can be deemed as protection against STIs and we don't want those getting around. It's a silly thing to try and outright ban, and as much as they want to try, I don't think it can be done. It'll be like the prohibition of birth control.
For the time being I'm safe, with 3 1/2 years left on my IUD. Haven't used any other form of protection in a year and a half (I regularly get checked for STIs, as do my partners), but my mom and stepdad (sexual health workers) practically throw tons of condoms at me, so I've got stock (for free!).
09/24/2012
Contributor: TheirPet TheirPet
I love living in different countries so I probably would.
09/24/2012
Contributor: mama2007 mama2007
Quote:
Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
yes, lol. My kids are 10 months 6 days apart in age. I can't have kids that close every yr so yes i'd consider it. i'm on IUD and it's 100% covered by insurance but that'd suck if it wasn't. I have NO intention of ever getting tubes tied/burnt and hubbys not getting snipped. we want more kids but not right now. i'd protect big time but highly doubt it'd happen
09/24/2012
Contributor: BrittaniMaree BrittaniMaree
I hope it never happens. I am on the 10 year BC plan I love my IUD a lot
09/24/2012
Contributor: mama2007 mama2007
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Originally posted by BrittaniMaree
I hope it never happens. I am on the 10 year BC plan I love my IUD a lot
i'm on the 5 yr one. it works great and is no hassle.

plenty of BC methods are being recalled but outlawed? no
09/24/2012
Contributor: Kitten has left the site Kitten has left the site
No. Me and Andy are trying to have kids. I may change my mind if I ever see my sister pregnant before 48... (i know protective big sister here)
09/24/2012
Contributor: Jaimes Jaimes
If this is hypothetical, then yes, that feels like a violation of basic personal rights, but by then other things will have turned so far that banning contraceptives would not be the straw that broke the camel's back.

However, if we are discussing an actual possibility, then between Griswold v. Connecticut, Roe v. Wade, and Eisenstadt v. Baird, I feel pretty safe about the legality of contraceptives, because my access to them is a Constitutional right. I feel the modern argument is centered around who pays for it, you, the insurance company, or the government, and that decision can be considered up in the air. The Obamacare vote did not decide which parts of the plan are constitutional, just the the government has the right to "tax" someone who does not purchase insurance.
09/24/2012
Contributor: Stagger13 Stagger13
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Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
There will always be a way...Can't leave the US just for that.
09/25/2012
Contributor: LadyDarknezz LadyDarknezz
I'm using birth control to try and help manage my terrible periods and to shrink my cysts . If it got outlawed, I would be infuriated. It really isn't the damn governments business what women do with their bodies.

As for your question, no, I can't afford to leave the U.S. right now. I can't even afford to travel within the U.S these days. I'm swamped in medical bills, which includes my birth control treatments.
09/25/2012
Contributor: RebelRebelJen RebelRebelJen
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Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
Let's say that hypothetically birth control could actually be outlawed in the entire country. Would I leave? Hell yes. But it would never happen.
09/27/2012
Contributor: Kenneth Fort Kenneth Fort
Quote:
Originally posted by spineyogurt
I know it hasn't been seriously considered but its always a possibility.
Yeah... birth control's not getting outlawed. That's something only the extremist of conspiracy theorists actually believe.
09/28/2012
Contributor: Bex1331 Bex1331
I'd consider it but I doubt that I'd ever be ballsy enough to do it
09/28/2012
Contributor: <3BF <3BF
I'm sure plenty of people wanted to leave the country during prohibition but most can't just up and leave when stupid laws are passed. If BC was illegal I would do what I could to change it but I would find it hard to leave America. There would always be a black market for supplies at least; there certainly was for liquor.
09/28/2012