Slog - Comments on Murray and Clinton Respond to Bush's "Contraception as Abortion" Bill http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont Senators Patty Murray and Hillary Clinton wrote the following joint letter today to Michael Leavitt, head of Bush's Health and Human Services Department, which just proposed new regulations that would deny federal aid to groups that refuse to hire people, including nurses, who object to abortion or birth control. The proposal's insanely broad definition of "abortion" includes many common types of birth control. Dear Mr. Secretary: It has come to our attention that the Department of Health and Human Services may be preparing draft regulations that would create new obstacles for women seeking contraceptive services. One of the most troubling... Copyright 2008 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:07:21 -0800 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:09:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Bellevue Ave Just when you think Bush can't do anything more evil...

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076551 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076551 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:22:17 -0800 Comment by minderbender If only we had nominated Clinton instead of Obama! By all means, now is the time to re-fight that battle.

]]> minderbender http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076556 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:23:05 -0800 Comment by tiffany i hope obama responds soon. go hillary/patty!

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076564 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:26:43 -0800 Comment by ~k get over it, minderbender, you seem to be the one still obsessed with that battle.

go hillary/patty!

]]> ~k http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076570 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:29:08 -0800 Comment by Fitz minderbender, time to move on. must be a miserable existence...living in the past.

]]> Fitz http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076576 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076576 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:31:11 -0800 Comment by blank12357 I wouldn't expect Obama to sign a letter like this, as he appears to be running soft on reproductive rights. Its probably a good electoral strategy - NARAL and Planned Parenthood seem to think so anyway.

]]> blank12357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076580 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:32:10 -0800 Comment by Georgia Guy "Senator Barack Obama has not issued a response to the Bush Administration’s proposal."

That's obviously because Senator Obama is a poopy-pants who hates women!

If Hillary was the nominee, Bush would have given up his post early; the war in Iraq would be over; the polar ice caps would be re-freezing; and men would be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen, where they belong!

]]> Georgia Guy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076590 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:35:05 -0800 Comment by Fuck Bush Wow. I'd say Bush is cartoonishly evil, if he wasn't so fucking flat-out Satanically evil. Everything he does fits the description of the conniving, backstabbing, lying, destructive, arrogant "bad guy" antagonist character. It's almost as if he grew up watching movies and identified with all the bad guys and took notes on how to act.

]]> Fuck Bush http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076604 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:38:08 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Because Hillary lost, I cannot support anything she does, ever again.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076629 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:45:03 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi If I could have just one wish granted, it would be for all the moralistic blowhards in this country to just disappear like in the Rapture or something. That would be a very good day indeed.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076671 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076671 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:58:39 -0800 Comment by clintonsarmy We won't support ball-less NO-Bama and will re-defeat him in November!!!

]]> clintonsarmy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076672 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076672 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:59:00 -0800 Comment by Greg Maria Cantwell apparently hates women just as much as Barack Obama does.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076786 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076786 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:44:14 -0800 Comment by John Yes, Erica, your preferred candidate lost. You're bitter about it, we get it.

Where is your snarky comment on Cantwell's lack of a response? McCain's? Seems to me the one living in the past and not over it is clearly ECB.

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076809 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076809 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:51:14 -0800 Comment by Julie Ha! I got an IUD last year, so when birth control is officially declared murder, all you pill-takin' ladies can suck on it! Not literally, though, that would be gross and kind of impossible.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076859 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:12:04 -0800 Comment by tiffany @ 13

she probably didn't direct anything to mccain because he's a lost cause.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076916 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:44:10 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'd heard that if we didn't stop the IUDs in Iraq we'd have to deal with them here, and apparently it's true.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1076927 The Ladies Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:53:16 -0800 Comment by Kelly Actually, the pill is an abortifacient, as are IUDs. They keep a baby from implanting in the uterus. There's nothing wrong with calling it what it is--abortion.

]]> Kelly http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1077595 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/murray_and_clinton_respond_to_bushs_cont#c1077595 The Ladies Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:09:13 -0800