The Brookline Parent: Rights and Wrongs

[mabfan]

Our latest The Brookline Parent column, Rights and Wrongs, is a little…political. I tackle the question of what the McCullen v. Coakley decision means to me, and to Brookline.

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[42itous.livejournal.com]

Ugh, the elimination of the buffer zone and the Hobby Lobby news have made me want to throw furniture at my radio this week (I don't own a television). Scary stuff.

The vast majority of people who walk into Planned Parenthood aren't there for an abortion. I used to go to that very location for birth control pills, when I had an insurance plan that didn't cover them. If there hadn't been a buffer zone, I might have skipped the pills altogether, as I suspect many others will do once this change goes into effect. I can imagine that the result will be an increase in abortions, since condoms (available without a prescription) are far more fallible than pills or other forms of birth control for which women require a prescription -- Planned Parenthood is the least expensive way for many to get access to those options.