Christian Right Group Seeks to Outlaw Birth Control

I have long said that the far right Christianists and dominionists - like Bob McDonnell who did not support the Supreme Court decision in Griswold v. Connecticut allowing the use of contraception by married couples - have a much larger agenda than simply preventing gay marriage. Far too many people disregard the insanity and intolerance of these Christo-fascists and do so at their own risk. These folks want to undo all of the U. S. Supreme Court rulings that have found a right to privacy and in the process struck down bans on the use of contraception by married couples (Griswold v. Connecticut), abortion (Roe v. Wade), sodomy laws (Lawrence v. Texas) - not to mention all rulings that have upheld the separation of church and state. One group in Florida has now shown yet another goal of these theocrats who hold only contempt for the freedom of others to live their lives according to differing religious beliefs. The goal of this group? Ban all contraception that's right ALL contraception. Here are highlights from the Orlando Sentinel:

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A nationwide anti-abortion group launched an effort in Florida Friday to outlaw all abortions and certain types of birth control, including oral contraceptives and the morning-after pill. The religion-infused movement, called "Personhood Florida," would define conception in Florida's constitution at the "biological beginnings," supporters said -- when the sperm meets the egg. The group filed its amendment today but the exact ballot language is still being worked out, said Secretary of State Spokeswoman Jennifer Krell-Davis.
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The amendment seeks to outlaw all abortions, even in cases of rape and incest. Also criminalized: the morning-after pill and oral contraceptives taken by women, known as the pill. "There are some (birth control) methods that kill a child," said Pat McEwan, who is leading the Personhood Florida group.

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Even if adopted by voters, the amendment runs counter to Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that held the U.S. Constitution grants women the basic right to an abortion. Supporters say they're pushing the personhood amendment not only in Florida, but in a dozen other states.

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At a press conference in Tallahassee, speakers blamed abortion for the financial insolvency of Social Security and the bankruptcy of American auto manufacturers, citing the millions of terminated pregnancies since Roe. v. Wade as costing the nation citizens and customers. They also said that a fetus is a person and should be given protections of law.

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While most of the world moves forward with knowledge and enhanced personal freedoms, here in the USA the Christian Fundamentalists - much like their Islamic counterparts - seek to drag society and the country back into a Middle Ages backwardness and level of ignorance. I truly do not understand this mentality.