Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!dcdwest!ittvax!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!godot!mit-eddie!mit-vax!oaf From: oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Margaret Sanger on shared responsibility for birth control Message-ID: <4952@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 17:17:05 EST Article-I.D.: mit-vax.4952 Posted: Fri Mar 29 17:17:05 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Apr-85 06:21:41 EST References: <496@harvard.ARPA> <642@wlcrjs.UUCP> Reply-To: oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) Distribution: net Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 32 Summary: The party at risk should hold the reins Previous comments on condoms in wallets, douches as "birth control in movies" and a few other peccadillos convince me that people (men in particular) aren't always rock-solid in how they approach the subject. Since women carry all the biological risks ((risk of) pregnancy vs. side effects of birth control) THEY should decide which set of risks they like best. [Side issue: I wouldn't object if my partner specified that that meant I supply condoms, or a specific variety of condoms. If a vasectomy were the issue that might require further discussion...] I guess that works out to a gratuitous suggestion that women make a point of taking care of things themselves, however they decide to do it. If a woman is sexually active it makes sense for her to have ultimate control over her fertility. I don't know what that says about moral responsibility or any other ethical question, nor who wants a license to play (in response to Jeannette Zobjeck). That suggestion is orthogonal to spontaneity or anything else. One other orthogonal issue In my humble opinion, Margaret Sanger was a wonderful person. So was John Rock, even if the pill turns out to be the wrong thing. (Why wasn't it cathartic to write this?) Oded Feingold UUCP: mitvax!oaf MIT AI Lab Arpa: oaf%oz@mit-mc.ARPA 545 Tech Sq. AT&T: 617-253-8598 work Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617-371-1796 home (and answering machine) -- Oded Feingold UUCP: mitvax!oaf MIT AI Lab Arpa: oaf%oz@mit-mc.ARPA 545 Tech Sq. AT&T: 617-253-8598 work Cambridge, Mass. 02139 617-371-1796 home (and answering machine)