Family planning groups object to abortion plan

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Family planning groups object to abortion plan

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http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNewsMolt/idUKN1536910620080716

Family planning groups object to abortion plan

 By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Family planning groups and at least one member of
Congress objected on Tuesday to a Bush administration memo that defines
several widely used contraception methods as abortion and protects the
right of medical providers to refuse to offer them.

The proposal would cut off federal funds to hospitals and states that
attempt to compel medical providers to offer legal abortion and
contraception services to women.

The proposal circulated to media defines abortion broadly to include many
types of contraception, including birth control pills and intrauterine
devices.

Health and Human Services officials declined to confirm the proposal, but
noted their responsibility to protect against discrimination of doctors
and pharmacists who object to abortion or birth control on religious or
moral grounds.

"This proposed rule will put women's access to birth control and the
information they need to make health care decisions at risk," Cecile
Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a
statement.

"As a result, women's ability to manage their own health care is at risk
of being compromised by politics and ideology."

A copy of a memo that appears to be an HHS draft provided to Reuters,
carries a broad definition of abortion.

"The Department proposes to define abortion as 'any of the various
procedures -- including the prescription 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,"' it said.

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