Not one major American anti-abortion organization supports birth control access. The reason is simple: patriarchal authoritarianism rules the anti-abortion movement, and forcing women to bear unwanted children is only one step removed from forcing them to conceive in the first place. In Mississippi, an initiative to amend the state constitution would in fact make certain forms of birth control illegal — as its backers now admit (via ThinkProgress):
REHM: So you’re saying that the birth control pill could be considered as taking the life of a human being?
HOYE: I’m saying that once the egg and the oocyte come together and you have that single-celled embryo, at that point you have human life, you’ve got a human being and we’re taking the life of a human being with some forms of birth control and if birth control falls into that category, yes I am.
If the initiative passes, it will of course be nullified immediately by a federal judge — and not just on the basis of Roe v Wade, but Griswold v Connecticut too. Most Americans consider birth control access a right worth defending, even if they’re against a woman’s right to choose.
