an article by christina page

says contraception MAY BE eliminated. i respectfully disagree with her on that issue. i don't care HOW conservative one is, i KNOW mothers and fathers out there do NOT want their 15 and 16 and 17 (and younger OR older) daughters and sons to be parents. i know anyone with HALF a brain knows abstinance DOES NOT WORK. look at the figures, look at the studies. we as women DEMAND the RIGHT to use birth control should we choose it. we will NEVER give that up. NEVER. the percentage who wish to ban birth control is miniscule. they may even SAY to others they 'don't believe' in it, YET many in private use it. as an example MANY MANY MANY catholics i know USE THE PILL. SHOCKING! (well no, not really). you just keep your laws OFF OF MY BODY

(p.s. does anyone in the entire universe doubt those bush twins are on the pill???)

The Quiet Campaign Against Birth Control

by Cristina Page
At National Right to Life’s conference this year, Mitt Romney set out to convince anti-abortion leaders he was their candidate. At the podium, he rattled off his qualifications. To a layman’s ears, it sounded pretty standard for abortion politics. He wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. He supports teaching only abstinence to teens.
But for those trained to hear the subtleties, Mr. Romney was acknowledging something more. He implied an opposition to the birth control pill and a willingness to join in their efforts to scale back access to contraception. There are code phrases to listen for - and for those keeping score, Mr. Romney nailed each one.
One code phrase is: “I fought to define life as beginning at conception rather than at the time of implantation.” The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists defines pregnancy as starting at implantation, the first moment a pregnancy can be known. Anti-abortion advocates want pregnancy to start at the unknown moment sperm and egg meet: fertilization. They’d also like you to believe, despite evidence to the contrary, that the birth control pill prevents that fertilized egg from implanting in the womb.
Mr. Romney’s code, deciphered, meant, “I, like you, hope to reclassify the most commonly used forms of contraceptives as abortions.” In fact, he told the crowd, he already had some practice redefining contraception: “I vetoed a so-called emergency contraception bill that gave young girls abortive drugs without prescription or parental consent.”.....