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The Department of Health and Human Services proposes to change the definition of "abortion" to include many kinds of birth control, including the freakin' Pill.
Many kinds of birth control function by making it impossible for a fertilized egg to implant. The HHS did a poll and discovered that 49% of Americans believe that life begins at conception, so although the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists tell us that pregnancy begins at implantation, the HHS wants to let 49% of random Americans tell us that it really starts the minute the sperm hits the egg.
49% of random Americans are CLEARLY in a better position to make this kind of decision than the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
So, you know, condoms? The birth control that women have to ask their male partners use? That kind of birth control is fine. But the kind that women control for ourselves, that's abortion.
My god, I hate people.
LJ user zarq has some handy links for ways to help prevent this proposal from going forward:
Tell HHS what you think. (Limited to 160 characters.)
Or, use Planned Parenthood's Online Form
Contact your Senator
Contact your House Representative
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This is what I wrote to my senators and representatives:
The Bush administration is proposing a set of rule changes at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which would redefine "abortion" to include many types of birth control.
This is an egregious example of our current administration's inability to separate the tenets of their own faith from the governing of our country. I strongly urge you to do all in your power to ensure that this proposal is defeated, and to protect the reproductive rights of women in this country.
zillah975, copied and pasted directly, including her own commentary.****
The Department of Health and Human Services proposes to change the definition of "abortion" to include many kinds of birth control, including the freakin' Pill.
Many kinds of birth control function by making it impossible for a fertilized egg to implant. The HHS did a poll and discovered that 49% of Americans believe that life begins at conception, so although the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists tell us that pregnancy begins at implantation, the HHS wants to let 49% of random Americans tell us that it really starts the minute the sperm hits the egg.
49% of random Americans are CLEARLY in a better position to make this kind of decision than the American Medical Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
So, you know, condoms? The birth control that women have to ask their male partners use? That kind of birth control is fine. But the kind that women control for ourselves, that's abortion.
My god, I hate people.
LJ user zarq has some handy links for ways to help prevent this proposal from going forward:
Tell HHS what you think. (Limited to 160 characters.)
Or, use Planned Parenthood's Online Form
Contact your Senator
Contact your House Representative
****
This is what I wrote to my senators and representatives:
The Bush administration is proposing a set of rule changes at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which would redefine "abortion" to include many types of birth control.
This is an egregious example of our current administration's inability to separate the tenets of their own faith from the governing of our country. I strongly urge you to do all in your power to ensure that this proposal is defeated, and to protect the reproductive rights of women in this country.
