الجمعة، 5 فبراير 2016

If women are told to fear alcohol, they must also be told they have choice | Jennifer Gerson Uffalussy

We need less fear-mongering and more support for women who need reproductive healthcare – including abortion care

Lay off the booze, ladies. That’s what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) wants us to do unless we are on some kind of as-yet-un-invented birth control with a 100% success rate. The reason? Women can get pregnant and pregnant women shouldn’t drink.

They also say that if a woman has more than eight drinks a week, she drinks too much. I guess the federal health agency has no idea how lovely it is in the modern era to enjoy a glass of wine or two at night before going to bed and starting the rat race of modern life all over again the next day. (Also, they are clearly not Scandal fans and have not seen how Olivia Pope can get it handled despite – or is it because of – her love of giant glasses of red wine.)

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