WHAT WILL THEY COME UP WITH NEXT?

Your pharmacist won't fill birth control prescriptions because preventing conception is against his religious principles. Don't even think about plan B, that prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum, because to the pro-lifers that fertilized egg is already a human being. Preventing implantation removes the possibility of the egg's survival; ergo, MURDER MOST FOUL. You've killed a baby!

OK, so plan B is out. Birth control pills are out, especially for Catholics, and for them the Holy Fathers says even condoms are a no-no. So what to do when the pitter patter of little feet are not in your long range plans? Aha! The Holy Father says that the Rhythm Method is ok; keep track of your fertile period and abstain from whoopee during that week or ten days. Safe, no pregnancy sex.

But wait!! Now what? There is a problem...

Rhythm method criticised as a killer of embryos
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn9219

For crying out loud! What will they come up with next? Outlaw ejaculation? After all, those millions of little wiggle tails are alive, yet they will perish if they don't meet eggs within 48 to 72 hours. Oh, the holocaust! Murder, murder of the innocent.

So guys, the government and Religious Right want to have a chat with you.

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