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lunadelcorvo) wrote2007-10-26 12:27 am
lunadelcorvo) wrote2007-10-26 12:27 am
Women's health crisis....
The Bush administration has recently announced the appointment of a staunchly anti-birth control extremist to a leadership role in the Office of Population Affairs. Read the Wall Street Journal Article HERE. (Look through the comments, too if you have a minute. Barring a few oddballs, there are some very thoughtful points made.)
It's outrageous. Orr's anti-reproductive health stance is clear. She applauded President Bush's reinstatement of the global gag rule and urged him to revoke approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486)-- both while working for the notoriously anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-sex education organization, the Family Research Council.
In 2001, she was quoted in the Washington Post favoring a Bush administration plan to drop a requirement that health insurance plans for federal employees cover a broad range of birth control.
“We’re quite pleased because fertility is not a disease,” she said at the time. “It’s not a medical necessity that you have it.” (birth control)
Click HERE to sign a petition opposing this appointment.
It's outrageous. Orr's anti-reproductive health stance is clear. She applauded President Bush's reinstatement of the global gag rule and urged him to revoke approval for mifepristone (formerly known as RU-486)-- both while working for the notoriously anti-choice, anti-birth control, anti-sex education organization, the Family Research Council.
In 2001, she was quoted in the Washington Post favoring a Bush administration plan to drop a requirement that health insurance plans for federal employees cover a broad range of birth control.
“We’re quite pleased because fertility is not a disease,” she said at the time. “It’s not a medical necessity that you have it.” (birth control)
Click HERE to sign a petition opposing this appointment.