My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty?

In an American Civil Liberties Union release today, the ACLU decried Congress’s failure to support legislation that would have made emergency contraception available at all military health care facilities.

In 2002, the Department of Defense removed the safe and effective contraceptive from its Basic Core Formulary, making it much less likely that the drug will be stocked on military bases.

This is how it went down:

In 2002, the Department of Defense recognized the importance of making emergency contraception available to military women when it made the drug available by prescription at military health facilities.

However, according to a recent press report, department officials removed, without explanation, the contraceptive from its Basic Core Formulary after only one month.

So this is how it goes...no access to emergency contraception, so pregnancy is inevitable. If she wants to abort, it is not available on military grounds. If she is in a certain state, such as the Wire Hanger state, her only options may be dangerous and life-threatening. If she chooses birth, she will be honorably discharged.

Permanent record: honorably discharged, loss of benefits.

Thanks. No salute for you Bu$h bag-o-douche.

http://www.aclu.org/reproductiverights/contraception/25528prs20060511.html