WTF? Why on earth would intelligent, educated people oppose a device that prevents abortion? But, here we have three GOP governors — George Pataki (NY), Mitt Romney (Mass.), and Bill Owen (Colo.) — who are “eyeing the 2008 presidential race are appealing to the Christian Right by vetoing state legislation legalizing over-the-counter sale of the Morning-After pill,” reports Amy Goodman today on Democracy Now!.
Pataki is expected to veto legislation that hits his desk today. NYCO went after Pataki in yesterday’s “Pataki’s reign of terror, and why it matters. And BooMan assailed Romney in his July 26 story, “ Romney Caves to the Fundies.”
Today’s Democracy Now! hosts a debate between Destiny Lopez, program director at NARAL Pro-Choice New York and Charmaine Yoest, senior fellow for policy studies at the Family Research Council, one of the most vocal critics of Plan B. Watch or listen.
As Goodman points out, “[t]he contraception known as the Morning-After or Plan B pill was overwhelmingly approved for over-the-counter-use in 2003 by an FDA advisory panel and the full FDA is expected to vote on the drug next month.” Of course!
