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Originally Posted by hannukah harry
i don't like the idea of family members being dragged into the fray unwillingly, but her daughter seems to be a product of her mothers supported policies, and puts a face on the issue of teen pregnancy, like it or not. i think the dems should use this as a jumping off point for policy discussion/debate about sex ed and teen pregnancy, but they need to be very careful to not do it in a way that attacks the kid.
and things like palin's "terrible decisoin to miss opportunity after opportunity to give birth to her son when she went into labor" shouldn't be left to liberal bloggers. that is a perfect example of how she prioritizes things, and what kind of decision maker she is. as far as i'm concerned, it shows her to be totally irresponsible. the policies she supports, things she said to the press, done as mayor and govenor, just adds to the mountains of reasons i have for being against her.
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I remember, as if it was yesterday, my initial shocked reaction to how ignorant and extreme Dan Quayle seemed in the 1988 campaign when he
told a Missouri high school audience that, if his wife was impregnated by a rapist, he would counsel her to have the child, but that she would be protected from pregnancy by a routine, post rape "D and C" procedure.
Now, this position has evolved to the point where, for some time now, Palin and like minded folks advocate changing the law to make abortion illegal in all instances not related directly to saving the life of the pregnant woman.
We must describe bat shit crazy extremism for what it is, and not be polite and dismiss it as everyone having a right to their beliefs. The GOP, McCain, and Palin are committed to eliminating the right to an abortion, universal sex education, and routine and easy availability to contraception techniques and products. Their support for this extremism has emboldened some pharmacists to refuse to fill prescription orders duly signed by a physician, and led to protections of their continued employment if they refuse to dispense prescribed items promptly and courteously to all customers, instead of to enforcement of the state licensing requirements designed to protect the consumer and ensure that licensed pharmacists duly carry out the prescription orders of physicians.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/08/...pose-abortion/
August 22, 2008, 8:09 am
Feds Move To Protect Health Workers Who Oppose Abortion
Posted by Jacob Goldstein
Health and Human ServicesThe Bush Administration took out the most controversial language in a proposed new rule protecting health care workers who refuse to perform abortions. But the rule remains ambiguous enough to prompt more debate over whether providers can refuse to provide some forms of birth control.....
.......A draft of the rule, which surfaced last month, had a broad, explicit definition of abortion that seemed to include certain forms of contraception. That definition has been stripped from the proposed rule released yesterday.
But Mike Leavitt, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said some medical providers may want to “press the definition” and make the case that some forms of contraception are tantamount to abortion, the WSJ reports.
You can learn more about how Leavitt sees things on his blog, where he has posted several times recently on the subject, which boils down to “health-care provider conscience.” In his view, that conscience deserves full protection:
Our nation was built on a foundation of free speech. The first principle of free speech is protected conscience. This proposed rule is a fundamental protection for medical providers to follow theirs.
Pro-choice groups blasted the move. “The Bush administration’s proposed regulation poses a serious threat to women’s health care by limiting the rights of patients to receive complete and accurate health information and services,” Cecile Richards of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America told the Washington Post. “Women’s ability to manage their own health care is at risk of being compromised by politics and ideology.”
The rule could apply to health care workers who refuse to provide emergency contraception, birth control pills given within three days of unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy. Some pharmacists have refused to provide the pills, on the grounds that in some instances they may prevent a fertilized egg from implanting in the uterus.
Some states have laws explicitly requiring pharmacists to fill prescriptions for emergency contraception, which is sold under the brand name Plan B; other states explicitly allow pharmacists to refuse.
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The rest of us accept all of this extremism too politely, and we must stop now, We most call it what it is, and take a stand against it. It's bullshit and the media needs to describe it that way. What is happening to this country? Why are we like sheep in our quiet acceptance of the extreme right wing influence on our society and politics?