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How is that messed up? It wasn’t a requirement in order to qualify, it was an offer to pay for it.

Subsidies for rent - necessary. 
Subsidies for food - necessary. 
Subsidies for birth control - racist.

Nice logic. [/quote]

The states you are referring to weren't offering Norplan for free, as an option.  They were requiring it, in order for women to receive benefits, or coercing them by offering extra money for them to take it.  That crossed the line.  Simply offering it for free, no copay, would not be a problem. It's a great idea.

From the ACLU website:

[quote]In 1991, 1992, and 1993, legislators in more than a dozen states introduced measures that, had they passed, would have coerced women to use Norplant. Some of these bills would have offered financial incentives to women on welfare to induce them to use Norplant. Other legislation would have required women receiving public assistance either to use Norplant or lose their benefits. Some bills would have forced women convicted of child abuse or drug use during pregnancy to have Norplant implanted.[/quote]

https://www.aclu.org/other/norplant-new-contraceptive-potential-abuse

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