Oh just...what.
sasori_katana linked this to me. I am just flummoxed.
HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
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.
Just. Just. What the fuck. I'm glad to be living in Canada is all I have to say, and I'm not even a woman. This is just an atrocity.
HHS Moves to Define Contraception as Abortion
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.
Just. Just. What the fuck. I'm glad to be living in Canada is all I have to say, and I'm not even a woman. This is just an atrocity.