I understand what his intent was, @Seek – the link that you posted was pretty clear. I used a deliberately provocative word (prosecutor’s language) to bluntly express what he did.
And your proposed restriction is sensible on its face, but how would that actually be controlled in the real world? The guy wanted to slip these to his ex, since she was unwilling to take them on her own. If a legitimate seller would be enjoined from selling them “to him”, then how difficult would it be for him to get a pregnant woman (or one who could be made to appear pregnant, or even a man – maybe even himself – skillfully disguised as a pregnant woman) to act as his straw buyer?
And the argument against “free after-pregnancy birth control” (which is what we’re essentially talking about) is that it all leads to a lessening of personal responsibility, which is construed as “a license for licentious behavior”. In other words, government condoning promiscuity.
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@Rarebear as to your hypothetical question, I don’t know the answer because that’s not a condition that I live with, but I have a good counter-example from real life for you. While traveling in Indonesia once, years ago, I developed an earache. I’ve had earaches before, and the American way to resolve that is to go to a doctor, get a scrip, get the ear drops from the pharmacy and be fixed up within a day or two. Since I wasn’t going to visit an unknown doctor in Indonesia I decided to tough it out for the week that I was in-country. My expatriate friend noticed my suffering after a day or two, and I told him my problem. “No worries,” he said. “We have a great pharmacy here, and you don’t need a scrip. The pharmacist also speaks very good English.” Within a half-hour I had exactly what I needed, and relief within the day.
Maybe I don’t want to buy medications for asthma, emphysema, COPD or some other “shortness-of-breath” condition without more input from a physician – but if I already have asthma, for example, and I’ve had it all my life and know exactly how it’s been controlled for years and years… then why should I need another prescription to buy exactly what I always buy to treat a chronic condition?