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Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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Interpretation

What this quote means

The quote highlights the absurdity of allowing employers control over women's reproductive health decisions.

Madeleine M. Kunin expresses concern over legislative proposals that would enable employers to dictate whether women's insurance covers birth control. She emphasizes the absurdity of this situation by questioning why employers should have such authority, suggesting that it infantilizes women and disregards their autonomy and responsibility as adults. The quote calls for recognizing women as capable individuals who should make their own health decisions without external imposition.

Themes

WomenReproductive HealthAutonomyBirth ControlInsurance

In practice

Example use cases

This quote can be used in a women's rights advocacy speech to highlight the importance of bodily autonomy.

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