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Hillary Blasts 'War on Contraception'
Hillary Clinton and her feminist allies are denouncing what they call a "war on contraception” being waged by the Bush administration. "There’s a quiet war going on in America against the most basic rights of Americans to make their own personal decisions about family planning,” Clinton wrote in a mass e-mail. "This war against contraception endangers basic American values.” At a June 13 meeting of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Clinton declared: "We know it’s not just ‘choice’ that is under attack, it’s contraception which is under attack.”
Story Continues Below The New York Times joined the fray with a May 7 article titled "The War on Contraception.” Feminists point to several elements of the so-called war:
"The right-to-life movement has moved on; they are on to fighting contraception,” charged Christina Page of the NARAL Pro-Choice America group. "They’ve by and large won the abortion law. They are just waiting for an 86-year-old justice to step down,” Page told Agence France Press, referring to Justice John Paul Stevens, who has voted to uphold the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But Carrie Gordon-Earll, a spokeswoman for the Christian evangelical group Focus on Family, said: "I do not think there is a war on contraception.” Regarding The New York Times story, she added: "The article reads more like a political commentary than the news.” Clinton has charged that the Bush administration is cutting back on contraception options for poor women who rely on government-funded programs. Republican National Committee spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt countered: "Once again, Hillary Clinton demonstrates that her top priority is increasing both the size and scope of the government.”
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