Phelps has made history and broken world records. The Cold War might be coming back if the neo cons have anything to say about it. A Tropical Storm is heading our way. But what is consuming me right now is an email I glanced past and then read after my mom sent it to me saying she signed it.

The Bush Administraiton is trying to redefine abortion to include birth control. Un-freakin-bealiveable.  Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt has been trying to float variations of this all week. The Houson Chronicle posted the details. YOU can sign the peitition through Planned Parenthood and MoveOn.Org and let Leavitt know this will not go unnoticed. The rule change is repressive. It's fascist. And as Janet Crepps from the Center of Reproctive Rights said, "It's pernicious."  

73% of Americans believe birth control should be available and accessible to women regardless of income.  The HHS might be backing down from this stealthly insertion/rule change - which by the way does not require Congressional votes. This is from the Houston Chronicle: 

         " Health and Human Services officials are considering a draft regulation that would classify most birth control pills, the Plan B emergency contraceptive and                intrauterine devices as forms of abortion because they prevent the development of fertilized eggs into fetuses.

The rule, which does not require congressional approval, would allow health care workers who object to abortion on moral or religious grounds to refuse to counsel women on their birth control options or supply contraceptives. It would forbid more than half a million health agencies nationwide that receive federal funds from requiring employees to provide such services. Pharmacists could use the rule as a justification for refusing to fill birth control prescriptions, and insurance companies could cite it as a basis for declining to cover the costs...

[The] draft rule could void laws in 27 states that require insurance companies to provide birth control coverage for women requesting it. The rule also could counter laws in 14 states requiring that rape victims receive counseling and access to emergency, day-after contraceptives."

So the pill might no longer be covered by health insurance. But you can bet Bush's hypocritcal bippy that Viagra still will. And don't even get me started on the whole "Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century," garbage.

 
Take action now. Sign the petition below. Then call your Senators and Congressional Rep. and raise a stink.

Birth control is NOT abortion.