The lead Editorial in a September edition of The Lancet discusses how more than 200 million women worldwide want contraceptives, but currently lack access to them. Addressing this unmet need, and the 76 million unintended pregnancies globally each year, would slow population growth and reduce demographic pressure on the environment.

This site has written a few times about the severe dangers for young women in having government provide their health care. The bottom line: Both Democrats and Republicans use the abortion issue to their advantage. What that means: women will LOSE reproductive care under any government run insurance program.

An astute reader sent this to us. From the WSJ:

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A group of anti-abortion Democrats opposed to U.S. House health-care legislation in its current form have emerged as a major obstacle to Democratic leaders' goal of passing the measure by August.

“To some extent what they're talking about on Capitol Hill is taking away coverage that people already have. Americans want health care reform. But they will oppose health care reform if it takes away the coverage they now have for things like abortion and contraception." ~Democrat Mark Mellman on NPR
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