But because the main focus of such organizations is contraception, cutting off their funding almost certainly resulted in more (and more dangerous) abortions, not fewer (and safer) ones.
They have to concentrate on getting to a certain point in a job before they can even think about coming off contraception.
The multiagency work to reduce teenage pregnancies and improve access to contraception is paying off and the focus on preventing unwanted pregnancies needs to continue.
It's called sperm entrapment paranoia – the belief that there are hordes of women out to "steal" their sperm, either by "forgetting" pills, sabotaging contraception or sneaking off to bathrooms with used condoms to impregnate themselves.
The OED's Jonathan Dent also pointed to the expansion of the dictionary's definition for the verb "get", following the appeal, with the "humorously euphemistic way of referring to the 'withdrawal method' of contraception", "to get off at Edge Hill", now featuring in the dictionary.
The Trailblazer: Thanks to Rush Limbaugh and his incendiary comments about Sandra Fluke and women's sexuality and contraception, March started off on a rather controversial note.
But contraception remains strictly off-limits.
"Women should be able to access emergency contraception without being ripped off," said Sophie Walker, leader of the Women's Equality Party in a press release sent out yesterday.
McCain added that Republicans "need to get off" the contraception issue altogether, adding, "I think we ought to respect the right of women to make choices in their lives".
A social conservative movement that preaches hostility to culture, that denies basic truths of science (evolution, global warming, the big-bang theory), that opens the door to issues long thought to be closed (contraception), is clearly marching off a cliff.
