Family Planning: Striking Plan B

The Bush administration continues its fight to prevent women from accessing birth control. According to The New York Times, a new proposal would require that clinics and hospitals receiving government aid under health programs "certify that they will not refuse to hire nurses and other providers who object to abortion and (emphasis ours) even certain types of birth control." The proposal also takes issue with state laws forcing hospitals to provide rape ... Full Story »

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Elizabeth White-Nadler
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by Elizabeth White-Nadler - Oct. 1, 2008

The value of this piece is twofold: it alerts readers to potential legislation that may result in changing the legal definition of "abortion" in such a way that women's rights to contraception are abridged, and 2) it provides the link to a better source of information in the New York Times. There are a number of components to this story-- the legislation itself, which is ostensibly to prevent "discrimination" in hiring, is one issue; the definitions of "contraception," "pregnancy," and "abortion" are another, and possibly of far-reaching significance. It certainly is possible that the legislation is a back-door approach to further a pro-life agenda, but readers need more information than is provided here to be able to assess that. In fact, I think the New York Times article falls short in detail and context. This is an extremely important topic; we need better coverage than I've seen so far. NOTE: The NY Times article is available for review on NewsTrust at: http://www.newstrust.net/webx?14@@.1059974e

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