Wednesday, March 19, 2008

This scores a 25 on the 1 to 10 scale of my bullshit meter

"I'm not going to refer someone to a hit man to put to death someone that's inconvenient in their life," says Joseph DeCook, a retired Ob/Gyn from Holland, Mich., and vice-president of the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. "I wouldn't do that. This is the very same thing. I'm not going to refer a pregnant woman to a physician who will purposefully terminate her pregnancy — better known as purposefully kill the unborn child. I'm just not going to do it."
Who gave the Mr. DeCook his medical license? Really? Quick: take it back.

He is responding to news that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists released new guidelines saying that physicians who object to providing things like abortions and emergency contraception for moral reasons should make a referral to a provider who will. If not, they could lose their license. The feds stepped in to question whether or not such guidelines violate federal laws that protect asshole physicians who prevent women from getting the services they need and deserve.

The fucking feds....are sooo concerned, yet again, with my vagina and its attached pieces and parts that they can ignore an economic meltdown, a war or two and a health care crisis. Clearly preventing rape victims from accessing emergency contraception and such are more important. I like how its a MAN who they quote in opposition of this. The irony of that couldn't fit in an 18-wheeler. I should start protesting vasectomies and Viagra. Since he seems to know so much about women's health, I guess I know a thing or two about penises and scrotums.

I just have one question for Mr. DeCock DeCook: You won't "hit man to put to death someone that's inconvenient", I wonder how you feel about this war?

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