My apologies for hijacking this blog recently for sociopolitical content... but with the election on the horizon, I feel safe that politics have entered the pop culture sphere for the time being.
The cause du jour: Patients Rights. On the surface the Bush administrations latest foray into theologically-motivated legislation seems to only affect women, but the wording is so vague and open to interpretation, it could not only limit access to abortion and contraception, but ANY medical procedure a provider deems objectionable: H.I.V. tests, vasectomy, etc.
An Op-Ed in yesterday's NY Times (thanks to Archetype for the heads-up) by Hillary Clinton and Cecile Richards (Planned Parenthood's president) states the case against this proposed legislation remarkably well. Read it. Especially this part, "The 30-day comment period on the proposed rule runs until Sept. 25."
UPDATE: The instructions for commenting, as excerpted from the draft proposal (available for viewing as a PDF here in its entirety): You may submit electronic comments on this regulation to Regulations.gov or via e-mail to consciencecomment@hhs.gov. To submit electronic comments, go to the Web site and click on the link “Comment or Submission” and enter the keywords “provider conscience”.
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