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I can’t decide which end of the latest abortion kerfuffle is more inappropriate:
The US Department of Health and Human Services’s ill-fated (I hope) attempt to redefine birth control as abortion,
OR,
the fact that HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt is blogging about it on my dime:
“I’m delighted to announce that with the help of Planned Parenthood, my blog—for the first time—received more visits than my teenage son’s MySpace page. Perhaps I’ll address the subject of physician conscience one more time.”
Tough call. Either way, I want my tax dollars back.
Read more about the Medical Right’s latest volley in the choice wars here, here, and here.
