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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2008
1:04 PM 


CONTACT: ACLU <http://www.aclu.org> 
Rachel Perrone, (202) 675-2312, media at dcaclu.org

 	

Proposed Bush Regulations Jeopardize Women's Health
ACLU denounces parting salvo by Bush administration
 	
WASHINGTON - July 16 - The American Civil Liberties Union today expressed
its outrage at draft regulations proposed by the Bush administration that
could jeopardize access to basic health care for millions of American women,
and possibly compel women's health clinics to hire individuals unwilling to
perform everyday job duties. 


As currently drafted, the regulations could: 

*	Allow federally funded healthcare professionals and institutions to
refuse to provide reproductive health services, including some of the most
common forms of birth control. 


*	Undermine existing state laws that protect women's access to birth
control. 


*	Define abortion to include many of the most common forms of
contraception. 

The following can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, Director, ACLU
Washington Legislative Office: 

"It's deeply troubling and unfortunate that President Bush should fire this
parting shot at women's access to basic health care in the waning days of
his administration. Time and time again, he has put political and
ideological concerns above the best interests of the American people, and
this is yet another example. 

"In recent years, states across the country have passed laws that protect
women's ability to get birth control from their local pharmacies and ensure
that insurance plans cannot discriminate against women by refusing to cover
contraceptives. Under the guise of 'religious freedom,' the Bush regulations
are designed to create a loophole that would allow pharmacies and insurance
plans to deny women access to contraception. 

"The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of
Americans. At a time when more and more Americans are either uninsured or
struggling with the soaring costs of health care the federal government
should be expanding access to important health services, not interfering in
programs that have successfully provided services for years." 

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