What is wrong with some people? I know that many religious groups have long been against contraception, after all it goes against their beliefs. I just wonder why they can’t see the bigger picture.

Following a requirement, passed down by the Obama Administration for religious groups to have contraception available, many groups have been upset by the mandatory requirement going against their faith. To some degree I can understand however, considering that religious groups tend to see abortion as murder, shouldn’t there be some alternative to save a women from having a child that she either doesn’t want or can’t afford financially or emotionally.

I understand the entire procreation stance, I’m just saying the backlash of that stance is costly. There are women who already have too many children often with a husband that works too many hours, leaving the physically and emotionally exhausted mother alone, with little to know support system. A recipe for disaster.

 A prime example of this is the case of Andrea Yates, a young Texan mother of 5. She had drowned each of her 5 children one by one on the morning of June 20, 2001. She suffered from a severe case of post-partum depression, she was alone, exhausted and surrounded by more children than she could possibly take care of. Psychiatric evaluation determined that Andrea in her own way believed that she thought her children would grow up to be sinners and that she was saving their souls. A combination of exhaustion, depression, minimal support and misguided religious beliefs cost the lives of five children.

When given the choice, which is worse a condom, a pill, an abortion or death of a child?