Quick hit: from my fucking cold, dead hands

How the hell can Bush redefine abortion as “any of the various procedures — including the prescription, dispensing and administration of any drug or the performance of any procedure or any other action — that results in the termination of the life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation”?

EVERY ONE OF MY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FITS THIS BILL.

Including the Lupron, which is a Major Treatment during which we are very strongly advised to be double-extra-careful in the area of birth control, because it can cause major serious birth defects. The Lupron which I am taking to shrink endometrial implants which can fuse together my organs and completely sterilize me.

Fucking caffeine fits this description.

It’s not just oral contraceptives, folks. It’s treatments which have no relation to family planning whatsoever. Just think of all the prescription medications that would be restricted.

How the hell? How the FUCKING hell? Are there any lawyers in the house who can address this one?

Tagging this one under accessibility just to emphasize how much this policy would affect my medical condition and my ability to WORK, to HAVE CHILDREN, to LIVE MY FUCKING LIFE without debilitating pain.

Fuck.

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| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 11:47 am

you’ve already had this one addressed by some lawyers elsewhere, but for those who aren’t from elsewhere: all this <i>proposed</i> rule really does is limit/strip federal money for medical providers who refuse to hire practitioners that will not perform abortions or prescribe birth control or perhaps other things that could possibly fit that admittedly broad definition.

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