Catholic World News
WASHINGTON, DC (CWN) – Two of the most consistently pro-abortion US Congressmen proposed a new bill on Tuesday that they say will reduce unwanted pregnancies through dissemination of birth control information and products, but which pro-life activists are sure to view as an attempt to expand the number of abortions.
The measure proposed by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, and Rep. Nita Lowey, D-New York, would require insurance plans to pay for doctor-prescribed birth control and mandate a campaign advertising so-called emergency contraception that causes spontaneous abortions within hours or days of conception. The bill also seeks increases in federal population control funds, approval of the French abortion pill RU-486, the removal of federal restrictions on the release of information about abortion and abortion-related services, and increased research into sexually transmitted diseases. It also seeks to write into law the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
Boxer acknowledged that the bill is unlikely to pass in its current form, but said she would be willing to make each step incrementally. She also said that the intent of the bill is to roll back the pro-life tide in the Republican-controlled Congress and give abortion supporters something to rally around.