Over 100 Members of Congress Urge Bush to Halt Abortion Proposal

[babylonsister]

Lawmakers Urge Bush to Halt Abortion Proposal
Democrats Argue Proposal Would Threaten Women's Access to Contraception
By MATTHEW JAFFE
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2008


More than 100 members of Congress wrote President Bush today, urging him to "halt all action" on a proposal they argue would change the definition of abortion, and drastically limit women's access to birth control.

The Department of Health and Human Services draft proposal, which began circulating around Capitol Hill last week, would require hospitals receiving federal funds to certify that, in their hiring, they do not discriminate against people who refuse to provide forms of contraception, such as birth control pills, due to personal religious beliefs.

The proposal immediately incited an uproar among Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who have also written to Bush. Now, 104 members of the House of Representatives have sent the president a protest letter of their own.

"The draft regulation could have a disastrous effect upon access to safe and effective birth control for millions of women across the country," the protest letter warns.

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[endarkenment]

1. GOP War On Women continues.

Birth control is not abortion.

[demnan]

2. But if the twins had no access to birth control

there would be an uproar in the Bush family. What happened to the Bushes? Poppy was a big supporter of Planned Parenthood.

Can you say flip-flop?

[Breeze54]

3. 5 1/2 months more of this 'GOP hating women' assholes!!

:grr:

[liberal N proud]

4. They want all women barefoot and pregnant

[marmar]

5. "Urging" him in a letter won't do a damn thing.....

.... They'll have to get off their asses and stop him.

[still_one]

6. Rights to privacy have slowly been eroded since bush took office in 2000

November 2008 WILL BE CRITICAL to perserving those rights

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

7. The agenda from day one for Operation Rescue and those other fundy driven organizations has been to

ban birth control, plain and simple.

Their attempts to define a cytoblast as a fully developed and delivered baby were for the ultimate purpose of then stating that oral contraceptives and the IUD "kill babies." :eyes:

Independent women who control their sexuality are an anathema to the fundamentalists, and worst of all, there are many women within those organizations who feel just as threatened as the men.

This is a breathtakingly restrictive move by HHS, one which needs to be highlighted and stopped in its tracks. Good for those Congressional reps who are speaking up, I will be calling my Dem Senator and House Rep today.

[nancyr]

8. Shades of The Handmaid's Tale!

Truth is every bit as insane as fiction. Just about when I think I've seen it all, Bush steps up and opens his mouth.

[bdamomma]

9. do not push us women cause we will push back.