Jen Kirkman Quotes


Couples without kids have each other, their friends, families, and Siri to talk to. It's not like they're quarantining themselves in an underground bunker, never to take a romantic stroll on the beach or attend a Morrissey concert ever again. They're just using birth control.


Citations

Kirkman, Jen. I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales From a Happy Life Without Kids. Simon & Schuster, 2013.

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As difficult as it is for us to believe today, this case was about the right of a married couple to use birth control. States, under religious pressure from Roman Catholics and fundamentalist Protestants, made abortion and birth control a crime. In this case a druggist was convicted and given a jail sentence for filling a doctor’s prescription for condoms. The wife would die if she had to bear another child. The Supreme court ruled that the right to privacy trumped the right of the state to criminalize “danagerous” or “immoral” activity when it came to sex and procreation. Since then, as today, there is a vocal minority of Americans who want to go back to making abortion and birth control illegal.


Jen Kirkman
Jen Kirkman
  • Born: August 28, 1974
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Comedian

Jennifer Ann Kirkman is an American stand-up comedian and screenwriter, podcaster, and actress. She is known for her regular appearances as a round-table panelist on Chelsea Lately and as a guest on @midnight, as well as for her appearances on the Funny or Die sketch series Drunk History, and its continuation television series on Comedy Central.