The pregnancy rate among teens and early twenty something year olds maybe on the rise soon.  That is because a new bill moved many   pharmaceutical companies away from providing cheap birth control pills to clinics. The new pricing system for this front line defense against unwanted pregnancy will undoubtedly affect the lower financial classes in a few predictable ways. First, obviously we can expect the pregnancy rate to rise as will the rate of single parents. Second, conservatives tend to rattle their sabers against abortion but, we can certainly expect to see the need for more clinics as young girls flock to get the procedure done despite newer and, depending on what state you live in, more restrictive laws.

With more women now being put in a position of having to consider the price of birth control one must wonder how much longer condoms will remain free in some college medical centers. The connection between the costs of social goods as compared to the profit margin unfortunately has become so skewed in the direction of free market thinking. The idea of social responsibly becomes lost in today’s paradigm. The ending result will take the form of an increase of young single mothers with few resources. As a result, don’t be surprised if the number of younger students who are forced out of school due to unwanted pregnancy skyrockets over the next decade. While hardened conservatives scream about personal responsibility, they often forget that the task of making the decision of going down to any clinic to avoid any potential mistakes is in itself taking personal responsibility.

Speaking of conservatives, no matter what else in world is going on; they usually hang onto the abortion issue like spider monkeys. So it seems odd that this group has yet to come out in favor of keeping birth control available. Make no mistake, we will see a spike in performed abortions due to the recent decision by the drug companies to choose profit over social responsibility.  While such notions are unpopular into day’s world we can’t ignore the results of the break down of our social system as a whole. This ranges from a collapsing school system to what we have seen going at

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Hospital. The Young Turks seem to be out of control in the heart of Wall Street which is why this new attack on reproductive rights maybe part of the new civil rights movement.

Until next time.  

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