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Tell the Bush Administration: Birth Control Pills Are Not Abortion
Target: Michael Leavitt, Secretary
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
Just when we think we've seen it all, the Bush Administration has drafted regulations that would undermine women's access to birth control.
Under the guise of clarifying existing federal laws that allow health professionals to refuse to provide abortion services, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has drafted regulations that redefine abortion to include commonly used, FDA-approved methods of contraception, such as birth control pills and IUDs.
This radical redefinition of abortion is at odds with science and the government's own definition -- that pregnancy begins with the implantation of a fertilized egg.
This is a shameful political ploy in the waning days of the Bush Administration, which could cause immeasurable harm to the 17 million women in need of publicly funded contraceptive services.
Please sign your letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt today, and urge him to abandon these radical, dangerous regulations.
Under the guise of clarifying existing federal laws that allow health professionals to refuse to provide abortion services, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has drafted regulations that redefine abortion to include commonly used, FDA-approved methods of contraception, such as birth control pills and IUDs.
This radical redefinition of abortion is at odds with science and the government's own definition -- that pregnancy begins with the implantation of a fertilized egg.
This is a shameful political ploy in the waning days of the Bush Administration, which could cause immeasurable harm to the 17 million women in need of publicly funded contraceptive services.
Please sign your letter to Secretary Michael Leavitt today, and urge him to abandon these radical, dangerous regulations.
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We signed the “Tell the Bush Administration: Birth Control Pills Are Not Abortion” letter!
# 14,200:
5:44 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Santosh Das, India
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3:39 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Dave Gentry, Kentucky
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1:19 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Tracy Landry, California
Come on! Think it through...!
Come on! Think it through...!
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12:49 pm PDT, Sep 4,
John Cuda, Pennsylvania
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12:09 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Sara Jane Pearman, Ohio
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12:01 pm PDT, Sep 4,
Robert Hlavna, Illinois
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11:52 am PDT, Sep 4,
Martha Rickman, California
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10:07 am PDT, Sep 4,
Jen Kruse, New Mexico
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9:53 am PDT, Sep 4,
Carolyn Gustin-Ganie, Florida
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9:41 am PDT, Sep 4,
Ross Meyer, Iowa
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9:41 am PDT, Sep 4,
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9:12 am PDT, Sep 4,
Janice Haynes, Ohio
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8:43 am PDT, Sep 4,
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8:25 am PDT, Sep 4,
Susan Bendickson, Minnesota
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7:10 am PDT, Sep 4,
Sandra Wright, Maryland
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7:01 am PDT, Sep 4,
Kathy Olsen, Michigan
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6:31 am PDT, Sep 4,
Jimelle Robinson, North Carolina
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6:06 am PDT, Sep 4,
Daniel Goldman, New York
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4:27 am PDT, Sep 4,
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3:57 am PDT, Sep 4,
Russell Hartsaw, California
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12:20 am PDT, Sep 4,
Odette Rickert, Hawaii
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10:55 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Laila Aussie, Arizona
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9:47 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Susan Howe, California
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8:43 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Mark Rochon, California
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7:20 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Achmad Chadran, Massachusetts
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7:19 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Robert French, Massachusetts
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7:06 pm PDT, Sep 3,
AnnMarie Wilson, Texas
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7:01 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Miriam Harrison, Arizona
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6:28 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Karen Donofrio, Pennsylvania
# 14,170:
5:27 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jo Laz, Illinois
WHAT NONSENSE!! ARE YOU GOING TO SUPPORT ALL THESE UNWANTED BABIES OR WHAT-GET REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT NONSENSE!! ARE YOU GOING TO SUPPORT ALL THESE UNWANTED BABIES OR WHAT-GET REAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 14,169:
5:19 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Julie Base, Colorado
# 14,168:
4:57 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jim Oxyer, Kentucky
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4:07 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Dana Beltramo, Tennessee
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3:28 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jan-Michael Laughlin, Illinois
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2:00 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Eda Byrd, Ohio
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12:34 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Jeff Ambury, New York
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12:16 pm PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, California
Bush is trying to turn this country into a Militarized country. Freedom is what our ancestors fought for not communism. Bush seems eager to take away more and more of our freedoms and rights. I have a daughter in college who has a boyfriend. Condoms are not 100% effective. She is not ready to be a mom and I am not ready to be a Grandma.
Bush is trying to turn this country into a Militarized country. Freedom is what our ancestors fought for not communism. Bush seems eager to take away more and more of our freedoms and rights. I have a daughter in college who has a boyfriend. Condoms are not 100% effective. She is not ready to be a mom and I am not ready to be a Grandma.
# 14,162:
11:17 am PDT, Sep 3,
Darrell Morreau, Michigan
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11:06 am PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, Texas
If you want to stop teenage pregnancy, the way to do it is not by banning the pill, because then you would have more unwanted children then there are now!
If you want to stop teenage pregnancy, the way to do it is not by banning the pill, because then you would have more unwanted children then there are now!
# 14,160:
10:34 am PDT, Sep 3,
Tracy Mccombs, New Mexico
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10:32 am PDT, Sep 3,
Marg Rich, Minnesota
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10:17 am PDT, Sep 3,
Wendy Taylor, North Carolina
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9:57 am PDT, Sep 3,
Caren Andrle, New York
I use it and it has helped control health issues.
I use it and it has helped control health issues.
# 14,156:
9:01 am PDT, Sep 3,
Beth Stepp, Maryland
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8:59 am PDT, Sep 3,
Robert Lazzarini, New Jersey
Perhaps before curtailing access to birth control you folks should check up on on what contraception really is!
Perhaps before curtailing access to birth control you folks should check up on on what contraception really is!
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8:23 am PDT, Sep 3,
Linda Nelli, New York
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8:10 am PDT, Sep 3,
Name not displayed, New York
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7:40 am PDT, Sep 3,
Denise Orama, New York
Birth Control is not a form of abortion Women need access to Birth Control.
Birth Control is not a form of abortion Women need access to Birth Control.
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6:41 am PDT, Sep 3,
Shelley Frazier, North Carolina