Issues & Ethics Week 1
The article that struck my fancy for this week was found on Vice’s website, and it’s entitled, “Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh seems to think birth control is “abortion-inducing”.
To summarize the article, Kavanaugh who is going through his confirmation as a Supreme Court nominee, referred to the contraceptive as being “abortion-inducing” on Wednesday. The conversation was brought up in referral to a past case he had been involved in, which dealt with a collection of religious groups that wanted to sue over the Affordable Care Act that requires employers to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees. The majority of the court ruled against the religious groups, but Kavanaugh disagreed. He does indeed feel that birth control infringes on religious beliefs.
In my opinion, to each his or her own. I personally support birth control, and a woman having the ability to plan her future and maintain her body the way that she wants. However, I do at the same time understand that for some individuals (women included), this outlook is not the same. Nevertheless, the fact of the matter is that birth control does not cause abortions. That is completely inaccurate. Say what you will about the practice of this method of safe sex, but you can’t claim something false about the prescription itself as your reasoning.
Like the article discussed, it’s obvious where Kavanaugh’s opinion lies within the realm of women's control over their bodies and lives, but it’s ethically wrong for him to blame that decision on an incorrect effect.
