http://online.wsj.com/...
HHS Secretary Leavitt has made the HHS health provider "conscience clause" a proposed rule that will go into effect in 30 days after the comment period. This rule does not include contraception per se as the draft did, but expands the ability of medical personnel to deny access, including Catholic ERs. 10% of ERs are Catholic so if you go there after a rape they will be able to deny you emergency contraception because they define that as "abortion." As the WSJ article states, anti-choicers will not stay within the definition of "abortion" and will attempt to impede contraceptive access as well.
Agencies that provide abortions will also get a slew of applications from pro-liar applicants because they would not be allowed to "discriminate." The attempt will be to take these agencies down from the inside. What this will mean is that there will be next to no jobs available for people who have not previously worked for these agencies, which arguably isn't helping those who are out of work and have dedication to the pro-women's health cause.
Please get on the horn to your representatives. In 30 days the states that take federal funding will not be able to force medical personnel to allow access to methods that they --and they alone -- determine are "abortions."
Someone needs to press McCain on the anti-contraceptive stance he so clearly agrees with. Still so many women don't understand how anti-choice he really is.