Here’s what happened when one woman emailed the White House about birth control

The following article by Anna North was posted on the Vox website December 21, 2017:

The confusing response she got was part of a bigger pattern in the Trump administration.

Supporters of birth control access rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, March 23, 2016. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Members of the Trump administration have long conflated abortion and birth control. Now it seems the administration is doing the same thing in emails to constituents.

A woman who sent the White House an email as part of a campaign to counter measures by the administration to curb access to birth control was surprised to receive a reply within hours — but even more surprised that the response had nothing to do with birth control, and instead touted President Trump’s anti-abortion stances. Continue reading “Here’s what happened when one woman emailed the White House about birth control”