The Bush Administration has ignited a furor with a proposed definition of pregnancy that has the effect of classifying some of the most widely used methods of contraception as abortion.

A draft regulation, still being revised and debated, treats most birth-control pills and intrauterine devices as abortion because they can work by preventing fertilized eggs from implanting in the uterus. The regulation considers that destroying "the life of a human being."

Many medical groups disagree. They hold that pregnancy isn't established until several days after conception, when the fertilized egg has grown to a cluster of several dozen cells and burrowed into the uterine wall. Anything that disrupts that process, in their view, is contraception.

The draft regulation, circulating within the Department of Health and Human Services, would have no immediate effect on the legality of the pill or the IUD if implemented because abortion is legal. But opponents fear it would undercut dozens of state laws designed to promote easy access to these methods of birth control, used by more than 12 million women a year.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1217...googlenews_wsj

The Bush presidency cannot end too soon.

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Man up.

Is there anything to like about the guy or his policies? Wow. I've never seen someone so wrong about so much so consistently.

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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

I am trying to think if there is anything. Nope there isn't at least for me.

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ACCEPTANCE IS THE ANSWER!

We will knock on the door, if it does not open, we will revolt for our rights.

Im a Tarte, what! you want some of this?

He is a Zeromaster.

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Man up.

OK, I'll say he seems like a nice enough guy. Unless God tells him to kill you, of course. But aside from that he's a total and complete loss.

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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers.

What Bushco is saying with this non-starter is "hey fundies, I haven't come through for you fruitcakes in the last eight years but vote GOP again and keep on dreaming"

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"I think the deregulation was probably helpful to the growth of our economy."
-Sen. John McCain 09/22/2008

lol I agree. I'm so sick of their (*)(*)(*)(*).

Can you say 1984?

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Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
-Dr. Carl Sagan

This kind of reminds me of Ronnie Reagan defining ketchup as a vegetable for school lunches.

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I feel sorry for people who can only see black and white in a full color world.

Tomatos are fruits anyway.

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ACCEPTANCE IS THE ANSWER!

We will knock on the door, if it does not open, we will revolt for our rights.

Im a Tarte, what! you want some of this?