Birth Control is now Federal defined as "abortion"

The Department of Health and Human Services  is circulating a memo that defines abortion as follows: “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.”

This describes the birth control pill.  It describes the morning after pill.

Also in this memo are guidelines for refusing "any federal aid to individuals or entities that discriminate against people who object to abortion on the basis of “religious beliefs or moral convictions.”"

So, in other words, it's okay to discriminate against women on religious grounds.  It's not okay to discriminate against those individuals who discrimate against women.

Think about this.  Think about this hard.  Think about the amount of hospitals that get federal funds.  Think about the state laws that requires rape victims to be able to get emergency contraception.   

Here's a link to the NY Times article :

( Abortion Proposal Sets Condition on Aid )

Twistedchick is a blogger who is a news aggreator.  She lists the pdf of the memo, contacts for congresspeople and the contact for the Department of Health and Human Services.

http://twistedchick.livejournal.com/1629116.html

Random Stuff

Happy note - this week Mamma Mia and Dark Knight come out.  Last week - Hellboy II and Journey tot he Center of the Earth - I will go see any action/adventure or fantasy film starring Brendan Fraiser EXCEPT the Mummy Chain.

When an actress quits, you know they weren't going to make her role _better_.  I liked that character.  She was a great character.  There aren't enough great woman characters in action/adventure.  Badness and diasters to the makers of that film.  Badness and disasters.  And tikiera's boycotting the rest of the franchise.

But there are three, three great films to see.  <cheers>  And two of them are comic book films!!!!

And the other is a musical. 

I feel the love. 

Comic Con

Is anyone going to comic-con? 

BPAL is doing a very limited run of a perfume that I want that will go onsale first at comic con.  If anyone is going,  I am willing to pay them to pick me up the perfume.