Excuse me but has anyone ever thought of limiting the sale of Viagra and Cialis to men who only want to use it for procreative purposes?

Just wondering. Surely there’s a pharmacist of conscience out there somewhere. EVERY SPERM IS SACRED!

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In the “Salutations” field they also offer “Mr & Mr” and “Ms & Ms”, which is not only nice and inclusive, but also guaranteed to freak out a Patrick Henry College student.

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Well it can’t hurt…sent it and passed it along it my non-profit group of almost 300 women.

Because while we probably can’t stop the Bush administration from handing out gimmes like this to the organized misogynists….

I think the problem is not so much that the administration can’t be stopped but rather that we are being ineffective.

For example, instead of emailing a petition, we should be organizing a donation drive to get enough funds to buy ads in a few major newspapers. The ad should be something simple, accurate, and a ruthless attack on Leavitt [something like: Top Three Reasons Leavitt Is Incompetent and Should Resign].

I guarantee you that a well-executed offensive will do more to generate press and raise public awareness than any of our go-to defensive moves.

Forget birth control and McCain. This is about a HHS Secretary who mandates that a healthcare worker’s PERSONAL/RELIGIOUS beliefs trump PROFESSIONAL DUTY or the [female] PATIENT’s HEALTH.

However, the regulation still includes a requirement for all recipients of federal funding to certify that they will not fire or refuse to hire employees who have “a religious objection to any health service, no matter how central to the job or health of the woman”.... (emphasis mine)

ema, quoting: a religious objection to any health service, no matter how central to the job or health of the woman

So an EMT who objects to gays could refuse to do, e.g. CPR on a lesbian, but not on a gay man?

inge:

It’s broader than that: at least according to the text quoted at the link above, the conscience clause applies to entities as well as people. So if Humana wanted to stop offering services that, in its corporate conscience (ha) it believed might lead to the non-implantation of an embryo, anyone who decided to choose another healthcare provider could run afoul of federal regulations.

I was too lazy to write a completely original letter, but to the form ACLU letter I did add that this policy effectively amounts to discrimination against women and that any health practitioner who has “moral” objections to dispensing contraceptives should go into private practice and not accept federal money.

Jehovah’s Witness EMT or surgeon need not give blood transfusions to the women!