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

[watcher269]

Bend over for the ones you serve
You're gonna get what you deserve!

[arkgrfx61]

I get what you are trying to say here, and I know you are quoting a song, but it's us women who are getting screwed and that's not right.
Gee Dub should be the one that bends over.

[SCVADem]

What's next? Fining women who have spontaneous abortions (miscarriages) because those women "might have" done something to cause it? Geesh, this whole entire administration needs serious mental help.

[BEHM777]

A miscarriage may become a capital felony if these 'tards have their way.

BEHusseinM777

[transendentilist]

This whole nation needs help. America has a soul-sickness brought about by the bushies, the fundies and the big business war mongers. Money is now more valuable than human life, unless it's a zygote of course. I swear these guys are looking for future cannon fodder. Or more up to date, IED fodder, for their fascist designs of world domination.

[condew]

Abstinence = Birth Control = Abortion
If you're not having sex, you're killing babies.

[ejay579]

So quotable.

[SurrealPumpkin]

and after that punishing any female capable of child bearing who doesn't? A child a year from puberty to menopause? what's in the future some huge war that needs canon fodder?

[JiminNC]

The man compounds his "twit-ness" daily. It is a race between him and McIceAge who can come up with the stupidest crap of any given day. Whatever it takes to auger the republican brand deep into the ground is good by me.

[4johnny]

Attention all fertile women: Allowing yourself to have your period each month is now abortion! To avoid federal prosecution, marry immediately and bear children continuously. Your nation needs taxpayers and soldiers for its wars. In GOP We Trust.

[Racuh]

F**k you bush! F**k you.

I'm so disgusted right now I can't even think. Why don't we spend some time taking care of children that are already HERE and that need homes and love? Why why why why why!!??!!? How about your administration takes it's stupid ideology out of my vagina.

[Abycat]

Hey! What about 'nocturnal emissions'? Now there's a fertile (sorry) field for exploitation! I've always thought that fourteen year old boys have been getting away with something.

[Trittydi]

Time to read "The Handmaid's Tale" again --

They mean business folks - and they need to be stopped.

It's men and it's all about control.
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[MadJeffersonian]

This guy is a disgrace and an insult to ignorance. He is well beyond them.

[atila]

so what is this? a totalitarian regime?...

[marymansour]

Duh! Well yeah....it sure is that.

[ExPatriot70]

Just another step back into the stone age for the U.S. Instead of moving into the 21st century CE it going back to the 21st century BCE Impeach now, or at least cause the idiot enough problems that he can't cause to many more problems for the country and the rest of the world

[Trittydi]

America hasn't had a "Dark Ages" yet - they think it's our turn.

That glorious period in world history when religion ruled the world!!! NOT!

If we let them get away with this - we're even more stupid than they are.
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[Theda]

What about all the dead women and children in Iraq? They were once living, breathing human beings. But Bush doesn't care about them.

[watchingthings]

2009 will be a new start for America........make it count.........don't blow it like Whats-his-name has.

[transendentilist]

Please don't post in anagrams.

[totaldisbelief]

Burkas are next

[watchingthings]

common fellas....bushie talked to god himself over this one......it is not a whatever till I say so.....be it so says I...mark it so says I ...bush has spoken....[his dream has this as reality...also he thinks he has the power of a King]

[TheRealMacDaddy]

This coupled with the Colorado Constitutional Amendment slated for this November bodes as very seriously predicement for women. The Government has NO RIGHT to tell a person what they can do with regards to their reproductive systems.

Hopefully, BS like this will keep the GOP out of the White House for several decades after the schrub is gone!

[Kalima]

Good Lord! Now he thinks he's the Pope?
Maybe he should care more about after they are born for a change.

[Cynth]

I criticized his excessive vacation days before, but I wish he would just take the next five months off... What else can he do to scr*w with this country?

In the words of men who understood *real* satire:

Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.

[GeoLee]

So when is his conversion into the Roman Catholic Church going to be complete? He is sounding like Senator Brownback just prior to his. Clearly he has the abortion stance down evne though 70 percent of Catholics disagree with the church stance

[Destin]

Has nothing to do with being catholic, hehe. Here's a couple questions. If someone is not catholic, what are they? And of those non-catholic religions, what is the only one in which Bush has worn a religious item?? I'll give you a hint, Google it. ;) He's been wearing it off and on since 1998, a certain trip abroad. Does the word kipa ring a bell? ;)

[ejay579]

Do you mean "kippah"?