"The argument that opponents of emergency contraception are doing so because they oppose abortion just doesn't stand up to scrutiny.
They oppose it because they oppose all forms of birth control, because emergency contraception and the pill work exactly the same way.
From the Washington Post story:
The primary opposition to Plan B, however, has come from groups that contend that it can lead to very early abortions -- though experts say it acts in the same way as regular contraceptives.
The real difference is that people like Governor Blunt and Ed Martin know that they couldn't politically survive a frontal assault on the pill. So instead, they are mounting a flanking maneuver on the pill by claiming they are opposing abortion.
It's dishonest of them. If they oppose the pill because they believe that preventing a fertilized egg from implanting is the same thing as an abortion, fine. Then say so.
And be prepared to face the political consequences."
Big Mo interstates will soon feature ox carts, police will be empowered to use catapults (you know, for the propaganda), and the Chiefs will be forgoing pads for loin cloths.
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