Bush Administration Trying To Redefine Contraception As Abortion

The Gavel:

The New York Times reports that the Bush Administration's Department of Health and Human Services is drafting a rule that would place new restrictions on domestic family planning programs. While current law allows health care providers and professionals to refuse to provide abortions based on their religious beliefs, this provision would threaten the funding of organizations and health facilities if they do not hire people who would refuse to provide birth control and defines abortion so broadly that it would include many types of birth control, including oral contraception.

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Comments

[Zeje]

This is why I hate religion.

[the964kid]

What is wrong with these people??? They're anti-abortion but don't want to give citizens the education or tools to keep from getting pregnant?? This is perfect timing for the fall campaign, hopefully it will remind voters how out of touch the GOP is. Clearly the vast majority of Americans support contraception. Who's idea was this??! (thanks for weakening your party further)

[Krackonis]

If you do not RECOGNIZE fascism in your midst and UNDERSTAND that there are brownshirts working for Fatherland Security who are following the propaganda with zealotry.

Please please please fight back against this horror. The world may depend on it.

[transendentilist]

They want IED fodder for future wars. They view our children as no better than livestock. In fact, livestock is probably more valuable to them. Sick sick sick.

[LillianB]

You can all sign Hillary Clinton's petition to HHS here:

http://www.hillpac.com/action/hhspetition/

[slaphappyinannapolis]

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[debwarot]

So now contraception = abortion? Nothing anyone can say - no pithy comment - nothing - can make this acceptable or justified.

[LillianB]

Hillary Clinton has now announced she's going to fight this in the Senate. (You can read a blog she's written about it on Huffington). It's about time! And I'd really like to hear Obama promise the same. AND I'd really like McCain to be forced to comment on this - to be forced to announce his position on it. This should be a HUGE issue.

[MadJeffersonian]

It will be similar to the movie Minority Report. If you even think of having sex that doesn't result in a baby or if you are thinking of getting married and not having children, you will be jailed.

[Syco]

what will they think of next

[MadJeffersonian]

Forced marriages; purchasing a license to have a baby; and mandating where you can have the baby. It will be introduced in the Defense of Procreation Act.

Only the well of or ridiculously rich will be to afford any of it.

[SENCvoter]

This is a disturbing, concerted effort to criminalize women. How about those where conception occurs in their body, but the fertilized egg never implants? Is that a crime? Anyway you look at it, just about all women will be criminals under this proposal. This has got to STOP.

[holeybuybull]

Next thing you know, they'll be putting Jimmy Carter on trial for "lusting in his mind or heart or wherever he admitted to "lusting'.

[helonias]

What about spanking the monkey?

[NoSillyName]

"Every sperm is sacred.", doncha know.

[JackND]

So how many women who are otherwise pro-life nevertheless use birth control of any kind?

If McCain loses the female vote in every state by a ten point margin, Obama could easily win 40-some states.

[Nyla785]

The Republicans dont' seem to have noticed that we can't AFFORD their ProLife policies anymore. They have so gummed things up that there's no way American families can afford extra children, and no way we can afford social programs to help raise them.
They are completely out of touch with the regular world.

[mgloraine]

George W. Bush is a living example of the tragic consequences of carrying an unwanted pregnancy to term. Have you seen the pictures? It's ghastly...