Is Nothing Simple about Birth Control

I would like to comment on Linda Gordon’s “Is nothing Simple about Birth Control?” The first thing I would like to comment on was a statistic that she mentioned; she said that almost 600,000 women die of pregnancy related causes each year, mostly from postmortem hemorrhage. Holy S@%*! I guess I did not know that. It is scary to think about. I do not plan on having children any time soon, especially if I could die from hemorrhaging. No thank you.  I just cannot believe all the controversy over birth control and abortion. I realize that many women tend to abuse the abortion right; however there are those exceptions out there when abortion would be very appropriate, like rape. It strikes me as odd that sterilization seems to be favored more, but when you think about it, it does not leave the option open for children in the future. I mean when you really think about it, sex is usually a mutual thing, so why are there not more men out there getting vasectomies. Technically if more men got sterilized, it would solve the birth control problem, right? I mean it is an option. I guess it seems like women get looked down upon for having abortions or being on birth control, but what about the men? It takes two to reproduce, however women are the ones left with the consequence and the evidence. I also think it is sad that they restrict the media and promotion for condoms, even though most people support condoms as a birth control method, mainly because of diseases, but still. Where is the media on this? They have all these above the influence commercials and what not, but cannot talk about using a condom if you are going to have sexual intercourse? I guess I just do not understand, and probably never will.