Another Uppity Woman Bites the Dust
So they said it would never happen, not our government, not in the 21st Century:
HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
Read the full text of the leaked HHS proposal here (PDF).
In a spectacular act of complicity with the religious right, the Department of Health and Human Services Monday released a proposal that allows any federal grant recipient to obstruct a woman’s access to contraception. In order to do this, the Department is attempting to redefine many forms of contraception, the birth control 40% of Americans use, as abortion. Doing so protects extremists under the Weldon and Church amendments. Those laws prohibit federal grant recipients from requiring employees to help provide or refer for abortion services. The “Definitions” section of the HHS proposal states MORE>>
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