Contraception is abortion?

[strawberrychaos]

The Bush admin is insane. We all know that. Well, the latest is that they appear to be trying to pass dangerous legislation before they get the big boot that would define birth control such as the Pill and Plan B as "abortion" in the Constitution. The main proponent of the legislation, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, claims this

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[dani22]

Perhaps Mr. Bush (he doesn't deserve the President title) should retake Human Biology since birth control stops any conception from happening and conception itself is actually a step in order to have an abortion. Won't pass. What the hell is this administration doing lately?

[strawberrychaos]

I know... that's what they're trying to establish -- that contraception is abortion even before actual conception. They're complete nut jobs.

[templeemc]

I don't know (I'm being a total smartass here).
Maybe it would be good for this bill to pass as it would tell us which doctors were all complete and total MORONS.
Not only do I find it hard to believe any doctor would find this intellectually worth a damn, but I think any doctor in support of this regulation is a doctor so ridiculously ignorant and uneducated I wouldn't want them touching me and mine.

Part of me thinks if this were to pass it wouldn't make that big a difference, because government is dumber than most people I've met in the health care industry... not nearly as culturally enlightened or educated (letting religion in where it's got no place). After all, no health care folk were quoted in this article.
Then again, part of me is scared, not just because of what the regulation does, but that I'd find my perceptions shattered and suddenly see the business is actually full of backwater, ill-educated twits who'd be better placed in the 1700s-- folks no sane person would want tinkering with their bodies in the first place.

[strawberrychaos]

Ha, yeah, I always try to be optimistic like that -- hoping our medical professionals are mostly going to act in their patients' best interests. Although, I did read a controversial article in SELF Magazine a couple months ago discussing how many doctors are putting their female patients in danger because of exactly this bullshit. It's scary. A piece of legislation like this would just give them an all-out mandate, and that's what scares me,.