...at least according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
DHSH has just proposed that anyone recieivng federal grant money be allowed to deny women access to abortion. And because there's so much debate over when life begins, they've left it up to individuals to make that determination. In the report, they state that since some individuals believe life begins when an egg and a sperm unite, but before the zygote implants in the uterus, hormonal methods of birth control are abortion. Nevermind that it's never been scientifically shown that any hormonal birth control method prevents implantation. Nevermind that a high precentage of fertilized eggs are naturally flushed out of a women's body during her period and would never implant anyway, without any birth control intervening. If accepted, this proposal means that any pharmacist or health care provider would have the right to refuse a woman access to the pill, patch, ring, and any other hormonal method of birth control, as well as emergency contraception.
Full story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cristina-page/hhs-moves-to-define-contr_b_112887.html
Seriously, when did science become irrelevant in this country? And why the hell aren't more people pissed off about this?
