Reply #11: To pro-lifers, it's not any different

[noonwitch]

Most of them have a problem with RU486, and were opposed to the FDA approving it, which eventually did happen during Clinton's administration. They are trying to get Bush's administration to rescind that approval.

The freepers are forever citing a case in which a young woman died after taking it. They also continually refer to her as a child, although she was over 18, because her father is suing the clinic that distributed it to her. One of the issues in the case is that the young woman did not seek medical help immediately when she started having complications. Maybe Bush's tort reform plan will end the lawsuit?

Most protestant pro-lifers are not against birth control, at least not for people who are married. During my holiday week, I watched "The 700 Club" one day and Pat was taking questions from letters and such. One was from a woman whose husband wanted to get a vasectomy, but she was afraid that it was forbidden by the Bible. Pat responded "Do you know how many women wish their husbands were willing to get one?" He went on to say that there is nothing in the Bible prohibiting contraception, and that he understood her philosophy about "If God sends us a child, he sends us a child", there's nothing wrong with contraception, unless you're a catholic.