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Anti-Education Attack Poisons 150 Afghan Schoolgirls
An anonymous reader writes "The water at a high school in Afghanistan was contaminated today, poisoning roughly 150 girls in attendance. Afghan officials say this was a deliberate attack: 'We are 100 percent sure that the water they drunk inside their classes was poisoned. This is either the work of those who are against girls' education or irresponsible armed individuals.' From the article: 'Some of the 150 girls, who suffered from headaches and vomiting, were in critical condition, while others were able to go home after treatment in hospital, the officials said. They said they knew the water had been poisoned because a larger tank used to fill the affected water jugs was not contaminated. ... None of the officials blamed any particular group for the attack, fearing retribution from anyone named.'"
Why? Because pregnancy is a 100% preventable condition. How do you 100% prevent it? Don't. Have. Sex.
And if you never touch anybody else you can avoid all kinds of other communicable diseases as well. What's the difference?
If you always wear a face mask you can avoid even more diseases. What you got meningitis? Strep throat? tuberculosis? the measles? where was your face mask? I'm not paying a dime for your treatment if you weren't wearing one.
I have zero sympathy for people expecting insurance to cover birth control.
And zero sympathy for people with ovarian cysts?
Birth control pills also help control painful menstrual cycles and ovarian cysts. Yet they are not covered for these uses because in these cases: they also incidentally prevent pregnancy.
Full disclosure: I'm a libertarian atheist.
Really, the fact that your ignorant is only tangentially relevant here.