Already the HIV anti vac is being compared to the contraceptive pill.

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In regards to the NHS funding it.

I had an irate male on my facebook stating we should stop the free contraceptive pill also

There have been a couple of posts on here saying that it was a fair comparison.

Why does it always have to boil down to if men can't have it why should women. The pill was not made for unprotected sex. It was to protect married women from being chained to the kitchen sink in the 60s so they could actually have a life/work with a child clinging to her. Nothing to do with being able to have sex with new partners unprotected.

It also cost the NHS a snipet of what the HIV anti vac costs.

It is a game changer but how can you compare something which protects you individually from becoming ill in a way which you can already MORE effectively control through conforms to something which stops you producing a whole new human being with all the demands of society and the planet?

Seriously?

Well, firstly I said I thought it was a weak analogy but, otoh, I don't think of health as solely an individual burden/ responsibility. Also, I understand the psychology of health behaviours is more complicated than just presenting facts and expecting that folk will then make good decisions. You see this in the issues of smoking, obesity, alcohol, exercise ......