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Re:Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar by mamon on Monday June 20, 2016 @04:34AM (#11936804)
On one level you are right: this will probably lead to some people harming themselves with medication obtained without proper medical advice.

On another level: we should not protect people from themselves. If someone is stupid enough to do something harmfull to him/herself we should let them. Natural selection will do the rest.

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Re:Birth Control via App Finds Footing Under Political Radar by az0xff on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @01:06AM (#11943621)
This comment completely glosses over the cases of people who can be pushing the button but can be affected by circumstances that they really can't control (like a mental illness). To say that they deserve to die for the sake of "natural selection" is insensitive and frankly disturbing.
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