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To: Ilaine who wrote (84716)	11/8/2004 3:48:42 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793800

I don't think there is a constitutional right to use contraceptives. I'm not sure what you mean by that. Maybe it's just semantics. While I would say that there is no constitutional right to use contraceptives--or to chew bubble gum or to sleep with the windows closed or to drink green tea--is there not a right to be free to make personal choices unless the government has a compelling interest to intrude? So are you saying that there is no right to chew bubble gum, which implies that the state is obliged to provide you with bubble gum if you can't get it on your own? Or are you saying that there is no protection from the state denying you the freedom to chew your own bubble gum in your own home? Or what? My understanding has been that the state needs a compelling reason to deny us any freedom.