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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Combatting the language of "Chemical abortions"


Michelle Bachmann critiqued the Affordable Care Act saying that it finances and enables what she refers to as “chemical abortions.” Bachmann’s critique refers specifically to hormonal forms of birth control that *do not* disrupt a pregnancy that has already begun, but rather mostly work by inhibiting ovulation. Along with recent attempts to pass “Personhood Amendments” in several states, it seems clear that the new method Conservatives are trying to prevent abortion seems to be the eventual ban of all hormonal forms of birth control. What can we as Progressives do to combat this new language of “chemical abortions” and secure the rights of women to be sexually active?

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