Birth Control Pill Tax: Forbes Writer Argues Women On Hormonal Contraceptive Pills Should Pay More

Birth Control Pill Tax: Forbes Writer Argues Women On Hormonal Contraceptive Pills Should Pay MoreWhile President Obama wants to grant women access to free birth control, this guy thinks women ought to pay more for access to contraception -- $1,500 per year more, to be precise.BAHOOOTH BADIA IDEA...THESE GUDIYA ARE PRONE TO THEOMBO EMBOLISM ,HEADAHE,MOOD SWINGS,WEIGHGAINDUDDEN DEATH...LOTS OF SIDE EFFECTS..OD THEEZE PLLS=WHO SHOULD FOOT THEIR HOSPICE BILL?? POOR COOMON MA??? NOT BANKS NOT CAR COMPANIES WHO ARE BANKRUPT!!!??????INSTEAD LEARN SELF COMTROL...ASK GOD WISOM COMMONSENSE ABOVE...ABSTINENSE COPLEFAST AND PRAY DURING FETILEPERIOD=8=18THDAY..???GO GOOGLW WICCAPEDIS FERTILE PERIODASKSOCONLINE..CONFIRM..RESY DAYS HONEYMOON DAYS ..IF THEY HAVE MORE THAN A DOZEN CHIDREN=ABSYTINENCE????LIKE APAAAANISH POPULATION...HOWMANY NO........=10DAYFASTPREY EVERYMONTH FOR FAMILY/ KIDS IDON'T KMOW TO HAVE ASK GOD!1?

Huh?

It's true. Forbes.com contibutor Tim Worstall, who himself admits that the idea sounds "entirely absurd," argues in a recent column that because of the pollutive effects of contraceptive pills, women should be charged a tax of £1,000, or $1,500, to help fund upgraded sewage treatment systems.

Worstall writes:

The basic problem is that the hormones in the pill itself, the hormones which produce the desired contraceptive effect, then end up in the sewage system as part of the normal function of kidneys and bladders in human beings. Those hormones are then not captured by the standard sewage treatments and end up being released into the fresh water of the area. Where they are believed to cause sex changes in fish.