kallend 1,635 #1 May 16, 2007 I got this in my email today. I have no way of checking its validity. Does anyone know anything about it? ------------------------------- Why are women serving our country denied access to reproductive choices? About 350,000 women currently serve in the U.S. military, making up almost 15 percent of all active-duty personnel. But federal law does little to protect their reproductive rights. Congress may be voting as early as this week to support adding emergency contraceptive to the list of medications that must be stocked at every military health-care facility. And the vote is going to be very close! Please take action today to defend the rights of those who defend us >> Timely access to emergency contraception is important for military women, especially since nearly 3,000 incidents of sexual assault were reported in the military last year – an approximate 24-percent increase from 2005. Please sign >> http://go.care2.com/e/R9QT/iTns/N2ww The FDA approved the emergency contraceptive Plan B for over-the-counter sales for adults in the United States. Yet Plan B is not universally available at overseas military facilities! This means that many women serving our country overseas may not be able to get emergency contraception when they need it. Congress has an opportunity to improve health care for women in the military with a bill sponsored by lawmakers in both parties and on both sides of the choice issue. Tell Congress to pass the Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act! Women in the armed services deserve the highest standard of care, and that includes access to Plan B contraceptives. Thank you for standing up for the women who bravely serve our country. Yours Truly, ----------------------------------... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
labrys 0 #2 May 16, 2007 http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/04/military_emergency_contraceptives_070427w/ Quote Reps. want emergency contraceptives on base By Rick Maze - Staff writer Posted : Monday Apr 30, 2007 5:50:12 EDT Availability of emergency contraceptives at military hospitals and clinics is one of the issues the House Armed Services Committee will fight about when it works on the 2008 defense authorization bill. Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, reintroduced legislation Thursday requiring emergency contraception to be available at all military health care facilities. His bill, HR 2064, reopens a debate over a 2002 Defense Department decision to remove emergency contraceptives from the basic stockpile of drugs kept at pharmacies only one month after they were made available. As a result, a woman eligible for military health care who wants the so-called “morning after” pill must go off-base to get the drug. Defense officials did not respond to questions about the availability of emergency contraceptives, including why they were pulled from the so-called drug formulary five years ago. There will be an opportunity over the next two weeks to try to get the legislation attached to the 2008 defense authorization bill as the House Armed Services Committee begins writing the annual policy bill. Michaud is not a member of the committee, but three of the bill’s co-sponsors — Reps. Susan Davis, D-Calif.; Tim Ryan, D-Ohio; and Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif. — are armed services committee members and as such can offer the language as an amendment to the defense bill. Emergency contraceptives are widely available in the private sector at pharmacies and public health clinics, although there has been some controversy when individual pharmacists have refused to fill prescriptions on moral grounds. Michaud and his supporters, including major medical groups like the American Medical Association, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Public Health Association, support making emergency contraception more easily available, especially to women who could be the victims of sexual assault or rape. Michaud and Ryan, the two chief sponsors of the bill, launched their effort to change military policy after a 2003 study found 30 percent of military women said they have been the victims of rape or a rape attempt, and after the Defense Department saw a 40 percent increase in the number of reported sexual assault cases in just one year. Owned by Remi #? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #3 May 17, 2007 Wow, professor have you ever considered that posting an article like the second one might actually convince far more people? The first one is like so much propaganda and "this is what you should think" drivel that infests the internet and inboxes. The second offers background and informs the readers about upcoming events. I once heard it said that military press is to journalism what a military band is to music. Well, seeing as the military bands whose shows I've been priviledged to attend have been traditional, stirring, tastful, skilled, and relevant, while most music, especially the popular "artists" are filth and drivel, I couldn't agree more.witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dorbie 0 #4 May 17, 2007 QuoteWell, seeing as the military bands whose shows I've been priviledged to attend have been traditional, stirring, tastful, skilled, and relevant, while most music, especially the popular "artists" are filth and drivel, I couldn't agree more. Courtesy of "Spinal Tap".... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8JiQCIzCZA Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
