Why do we need to support Planned Parenthood now more than ever?

"George W. Bush's War on Women: A Pernicious Web"

This Planned Parenthood report gives a chilling point-by-point look at the steps this administration and its allies have taken to reduce the reproductive freedoms enjoyed by women. I guess it isn't enough that the rest of our rights are going down the PATRIOT tubes. For those that would call this alarmist or an overreaction, I will point out that it wasn't that long ago that contraception, not just abortion, was illegal. That doesn't seem too far away, especially considering that in Wisconsin Assembly Bill 63 (pdf)(HTML)/Senate Bill 21 (pdf)(HTML) would allow a pharmacist to refuse to fill prescriptions for contraception if they are morally opposed to it. The bill says:

This bill provides that a pharmacist licensed by the Pharmacy Examining
Board (board) in the Department of Regulation and Licensing (DRL) may not be
required to dispense a prescribed drug or device if the pharmacist has reason to
believe that the drug or device would be used for causing an abortion. An “abortion”
is defined as the use of an instrument, medicine, drug, or other substance or device
with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant or for
whom there is reason to believe that she may be pregnant.

I have heard some argue that birth control pills are actually a form of abortion. This goes double for emergency contraception which is taken up to 120 hours after intercourse. (And can be incredibly vital for victims of sexual assault.)

It's a slippery slope, and we are on it.

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