I get it now. Ted and Heidi Cruz wanted their children to be safe, to have basic sanitary services like heat and running water, to leave behind a third-world apocalyptic nightmare for a safer place. Like so many parents before them, they decided to cross the Mexican border.
I saw a tweet that said “I feel like I’m constantly worrying about the next part of my life without realizing that I’m right in the middle of what I used to look forward to” and I felt that.
It amazes me that so many people still view birth control as equivalent to a pack of condoms. I mean, contraception on its own is worth covering in health insurance, but women are also prescribed birth control for so many medical reasons--ovarian cysts, endometriosis, acne...