[Pyro7480]

President Bush Files for Divorce with Catholic Base (Support of Plan B Drug)

[Pyro7480]

Catholic and pro-life ping!

[Peach]

The President replied, "I believe that Plan B ought to be -- ought to require a prescription for minors, is what I believe. And I support Andy's decision."

And what is wrong with that position? It's 100% more than you'd get from a Democrat.

This president gets criticized by the left and the far right and I'm pretty sick of it. The Republican party is a big tent party but there seems to be a small faction within the party that tries to alienate the middle voter every chance they get.

I hope they're happy with their whining when they get a Democrat Congress and White House.

[stm]

I am speechless over this one. What was he thinking? I kept looking for a link to the Onion but sadly did not find it.

[TommyDale]

Yes, here is another slap in the face of the Religious Right.
The GOP will be lucky to get them to the polls this November, not to even mention in 2008.

[tobyhill]

Does this pill prevent conception or terminates pregnancy?

[ImpBill]

Compassionate Conservatism Bump!

[the invisib1e hand]

let's start with the headline, shall we? Since when does a president "approve" drugs?

[MineralMan]

Ding dong it! I'm never voting for George W. Bush for President again. This is the last straw, fer shure.

[youthgonewild]

I'm glad Bush didn't feel he needed to kowtow to the Religious Right on this one. This will likely prevent thousands of abortions. Also, unlike condoms, I do think its wise to require a prescription for the pill for minors since it may have adverse health effects.

[RockinRight]

STOP IT!!! ALL OF YOU!

This is nuts. Not one single person on this board will ever change the mind of any other on this issue. Ever. That's why I avoid these threads like the plague.

We agree on the WOT. We may get attacked tomorrow. Why not focus on that?

[Biblebelter]

Post conceptive birth control is a form of infanticide, Bush cannot finesse that fact and he cannot parse it. It is what is and that is not something which seems consistent with his stance on stem cell research. For this, I am saddened and further disappointed.

[my_pointy_head_is_sharp]

This makes no sense.

[FreedomProtector]

For his pro-life supporter base, President George W. Bush stepped into one of the biggest political landmines of his Presidential career today with his approval of over the counter status for the abortion-causing morning after pill Plan B.


Understatement of the decade.....

[no dems]

What on earth is going on with that man. Is he going crazy?
I heard on the news today that our President committed $237 million to help Lebannon rebuild from the recent war with Israel. Now this.

As I said earlier, it makes me wonder if he is not trying to make me hate him.

[narses]

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Like Ronald Reagan, W now has the blood of the unborn on his hands.

[RinaseaofDs]

This is the MSM playing on the right's ignorance of the pills method of action.

No conception, no life. This pill prevents conception. Moreover, if you are pregnant, it doesn't spawn spontaneous abortion like RU-486.

True, the Pope's not going to like it, but to equate this with abortion is just not factual.

[WKB]

Baptist Ping

[Waywardson]

This is why in 2008 it is so critical to get a 100%er. Bush was far from it. On Moral and Fiscal grounds. You can run a party, weakly if you lean towards one of those two factions more than the other... betray them both, and you will lose majority status for years to come. We've played this game before folks, and the results are ugly. No compromises in 2008 fiscally or morally.

[BlueNgold]

Most of you realize, I am certain, that doctors have been doing this legally for years...

Of course you don't - that why it's a huge issue now - the public, as usual, is not educated on issues like this - most of you simply take stands based on where you think you are supposed to be based on your self-ascribed political definitions.

News flash - Plan B, as it is called, is simply a high dose contraceptive. For years - yes you can quote me on this - doctors told women to take 2 to 3 birth control pills at once if they had been involved in a high risk encounter or sexually assaulted. This is just one pill instead of 2.
News flas part 2 - Plan B is available legally right this minute via prescription.
News flash part 3 - This is not RU-486 - the 'abortion' pill. Plan B is not deemed effective more than 72 hours after intercourse. It will not cause a chemical abortion. What it will do is just what the contraceptive pills already available do - prevent fertilization and attachment.

The Catholic's, who oppose any form of contraception, will of course still take issue with the planned change of policy. While I may disagree, I will honor their stance as consistent and legitimate.

However, if you are not morally opposed to standard everyday birth control pills, or condoms, or injections etc. then I suggest that you take the time to understand what this drug actually is before you decry Bush as a purveyor of abortion.

Lastly, I will repeat p this drug is already legally available via prescription - the current discussion regards only a change of status for the drug. Claritin was once prescription only, as was Ibuprofen. Shifting from prescription to OTC for this drug is not the end of the world. Both President Bush and the FDA Administrator support limiting OTC sales to adults - prescriptions would be required for minors.

[madison10]

I don't have a problem with this. Isn't "Early Abortion Pill" a misnomer? There's no one to abort.