Bearing Tony’s belief-based babies
Why would the Health Minister oppose a health response that reduced the need for surgery?
Because he operates on, and is informed by belief.
When Tony with his belief-based views comes in contact with evidence which does not feed into his belief, that evidence is dismissed, diminished or ignored.
Evidence becomes the enemy and so do those that bring it or advocate for it.
Tony Abbott should be removed as Health Minister for allowing his beliefs to override evidence. And in so doing, he rejects outright one of the least invasive health choices available to Australia’s women (and the men who support them) who have experienced contraceptive failure.
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September 24th, 2005 at 3:49 pm
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September 27th, 2005 at 10:39 am
On my wish list is a virtual reality machine for men to experience childbirth and then and only then are they allowed to comment or make decisions about our bodies.
September 27th, 2005 at 1:55 pm
Good idea JT.
Let’s make sure it can also simulate multiple births!
September 27th, 2005 at 2:59 pm
For some real fun, let’s throw in a bit of endometriosis and post-natal depression.
September 27th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
We’re too late for the PND JT.
PND is already being treated in men.
Having said that, men still don’t have the right to make a reproductive choice for a woman.
November 15th, 2005 at 10:32 pm
[…] These belief-based men – Tony Abbott, Christopher Pyne, Ron Boswell, Barnaby Joyce, Steven Fielding, Alex Hawke, Fred Nile, Peter Slipper, Alan Cadman, Joe Hockey and Brian Harradine just cling together like a sinister sticky, dusty, paternalistic web of oppression of a the uterus which just happens not to be housed anywhere near them. […]