Community | August 25, 2008 | 13 comments

Condoms, birth control &"morning after" pills, forms of abortion?

source: http://www.healthcentral.com/sexual-health/c/80146/37977/department

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The Department of Health and Human Services is proposing a new regulation that would allow health care professionals and hospitals the right to refuse to provide women access to even the most common forms of contraception - everything from birth control pills to condoms to the "morning after" pill - under the auspices that such contraception is a form of abortion.


The proposed regulation defines defines abortion as "any of the various procedures -- including the prescription and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action -- that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation."

HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt said that the new controversial proposed regulations are aimed to protect the physician from having to prescribe birth control if they are morally opposed to contraception. The law already allows doctors to refuse to perform abortions on the basis of conscience but the regulations would extend that privledge to allow doctors to deny patients contraception, by way of legally defining contraception as abortion.

According to the San Francisco Chronical, the "impact of this ruling could be huge," because if it passes, "women seeking health care at a center that receives HHS funds -- and there are nearly 504,000 of them -- will no longer be assured of access to birth control and other contraceptives." The Chronicle adds that "HHS is moving stealthily because it knows that there's no public support for such reactionary regulations -- 73% of voters believe strongly in making contraception easier for women of all incomes to obtain" (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/6).
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13 comments // Condoms, birth control &"morning after" pills, forms of abortion?

  • GeoffNI
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      GeoffNI  

    • I for one being Pro-Life don't agree with the Birth Control pill, plus it has added alot of estrogen to the waters. But condoms? This cannot be classified as Abortion.

    • 3 years ago
  • maryEmoo
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      maryEmoo  

    • this is stupid. if this is passed, and birth control is legally defined as an abortive method, and then eventually a law is passed saying abortion is illegal, then more than thousands of women's health will suffer. Many women are on birth control for reason completely different than to prevent conception. Birth control can be used to stop hair loss, regulate periods, and control acne, not to mention other things. Sure, there are other things that can do this, but a lot of them don't work as well. what will these women do if the can't access a simple pill?

      also, many teenagers are put on birth control to prevent conception. man irresponsible, unfit-to-be-parents teenagers. Many of these teenagers would go and get an abortion if they ended up pregnant, so birth control isn't really an abortion, it's prevention of conception.

    • 3 years ago
  • innocent_criminal
  • Allsunday
  • Incredulous
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      Incredulous  

    • W T F !!!!

      have we re entered the dark ages? I cannot believe Leavitt is even considering this...this is just the most ridiculous thing I have read in a long, long time. Why don't you just bend over publicly Leavitt?

      Is Bush hell bent on seeing how much destruction he can accomplish before leaving office...like doctors need protection for conscience sake, oh please, weary me with some other lie will you?

    • 3 years ago
  • kaffegeek
  • sofaslug
  • Solarbaby420
  • arenegade
  • voldypoo
  • anglcazn
  • cantucwearebrothers
  • alicynx
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      alicynx  

    • Haha, every sperm truly is sacred to someone, apparently...
      Seriously though, what is the end goal here? If we have people cut off from access to any form of birth control, that's bound to create a population boom, especially in the lower income brackets (the rich can still go to Canada or Mexico for their abortions, or have contaband condoms shipped in - how weird is that to say? Contaband condoms...) so what is the master plan with this move?

    • 3 years ago
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