{"id":24289,"date":"2011-12-06T21:13:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T04:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/when-birth-control-is-outlawed-only-outlaws-or-the-elite-will-use-birth-c.html"},"modified":"2011-12-07T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T21:55:01","slug":"when-birth-control-is-outlawed-only-outlaws-or-the-elite-will-use-birth-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/when-birth-control-is-outlawed-only-outlaws-or-the-elite-will-use-birth-c.html","title":{"rendered":"When birth control is outlawed, only outlaws &#8212; or the elite &#8212; will use birth c&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When birth control is outlawed, only outlaws &#8212; or the elite &#8212; will use birth control<\/p>\n<p>Though I&#39;m sure Newt will know how to score some for his next affair.<\/p>\n<p>I mean, really.  Does anyone think that Newt and his various mistresses-turned-wives over the years didn&#39;t use birth control?  Including birth control methods that  would violate that precious &quot;personhood&quot; position?<\/p>\n<p>Of course they did.  Because such positions are for political posturing.  And, should they actually achieve political and legislative reality, well, they&#39;re only for the <i>hoi-polloi<\/i>, not for folks who can afford (and dodge the legal consequences of) any medication (or procedure) they want. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthinkprogress.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F12%2Fgingrich-pill-300x124.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/justice\/2011\/12\/05\/381834\/under-pressure-from-anti-choice-groups-gingrich-flips-to-anti-birth-control-position\/'>Under Pressure From Anti-Choice Groups, Gingrich Flips To Anti-Birth Control Position<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAlthough GOP presidential frontrunner Newt Gingrich previously took the view that \u201cpersonhood begins at conception,\u201d on Friday, Gingrich told ABC\u2019s Jake Tapper that life begins at the \u201csuccessful impl&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When birth control is outlawed, only outlaws &#8212; or the elite &#8212; will use birth control Though I&#39;m sure Newt will know how to score some for his next affair. I mean, really. Does anyone think that Newt and his various mistresses-turned-wives over the years didn&#39;t use birth control? Including birth control methods that would &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/when-birth-control-is-outlawed-only-outlaws-or-the-elite-will-use-birth-c.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;When birth control is outlawed, only outlaws &#8212; or the elite &#8212; will use birth c&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,109,99,8],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-church-state","category-elections-2012","category-zt-pc","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27194,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/21\/a-birth-control-flashback-from-fifty-years-ago.html","url_meta":{"origin":24289,"position":0},"title":"A birth control flashback from fifty years ago","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 21-Mar-12 11:24pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"I have no right to impose my thinking, which is rooted in religious thought, on those who do not think as I do.\u201d and \"Catholics do not need the support of civil law to be faithful to their own religious convictions and they do not seek to impose by law\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27101,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/getting-your-bosss-permission-to-use-birth-control.html","url_meta":{"origin":24289,"position":1},"title":"Getting your boss&#39;s permission to use birth control","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 14-Mar-12 6:54pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Really. 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That includes (same kind of numbers) Christian women, including Catholics.So you'd think the whole birth control thing would be a done deal. Wide use, legal (and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27105,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/15\/fiscal-conservatism-and-birth-control.html","url_meta":{"origin":24289,"position":3},"title":"Fiscal conservatism and birth control","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 15-Mar-12 7:48am","format":false,"excerpt":"There's little new described here, but it's worth reiteration: insurance coverage of contraception saves a significant amount of money. Not just on further health care costs (which is why you don't hear any insurance companies bitching about the mandate), but on the economic and educational opportunities it leaves open for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":26437,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/because-if-theres-an-opportunity-to-offer-up-a-doltish-opinion-you-can-trust.html","url_meta":{"origin":24289,"position":4},"title":"Because if there&#39;s an opportunity to offer up a doltish opinion, you can trust&#8230;","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 11:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because if there's an opportunity to offer up a doltish opinion, you can trust Fox NewsYes, of course it's true -- liberals and progressives and commies on the Left want to get rid of the poor by making sure they have access to birth control. 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