ny mayor makes sense - conservatives are outraged!

From NY Daily News (First seen at Crooks and Liars):

Hoping to reduce unwanted pregnancies, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday became the first political leader in the nation to dedicate tax dollars to promoting the "morning-after" pill.

The $3 million program, which includes offering advance prescriptions for the drug to women at city hospitals, was immediately blasted by conservatives.
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"I think it's outrageous, frankly, that we haven't done everything we can to reduce unintended pregnancies and the need for abortions," Bloomberg told a meeting of NARAL Pro-Choice New York.

Under the new plan, the city Health Department will reach out to doctors and pharmacists to raise awareness of Plan B - the only government-approved morning-after pill.

Plan B works by preventing a fertilized egg from attaching itself to the uterus.
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"It would be nice to see the City of New York talk about abstinence," said Conservative Party leader Mike Long, "and not send a signal to all our citizens- especially young people - that you can be irresponsible."
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The pill prevents a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus. For this reason, it is not considered an abortion pill, like RU486, which destroys a fetus after it has attached to the uterus.

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It's amazing to me that there are some people who are opposed to stopping abortions! the lack of logic of these people continues to astound me! It seems that they think that the only reason any human being should ever have sex is if they are planning on having a baby! Otherwise it is immoral! The fact that a majority of people do not agree with that lunacy enrages them! People are going to have sex and women unintentially get pregnant unless precautions are taken. Let's help the problem instead of adding to it!