The Lame Duck has been cramming through new regulations and dismantling as much as possible prior to his successor taking office. (Some of which will be posted as time permits.)
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The following is over the top in the potential damage it could cause to women's health issues.
Planned Parenthood had this to say:
This new rule could allow almost 600,000 health care entities that receive federal funding to redefine abortion to include the most common forms of birth control — and then refuse to provide these basic services. For any health provider to intentionally withhold information about widely embraced treatment options from a patient — for any health condition — is absolutely unconscionable under any circumstances. It’s outrageous that President Bush is using his last days in office to implement a rule that would limit the rights of patients to receive complete and accurate reproductive health information.
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And NYT.
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